1983 年 28 巻 1 号 p. 119-137,162
There are many treaties on Talcott Parsons' theories, but these are insufficient on two points, those on the consistency of parsons' theory above all. 1) They regard his starting point as “The structure of Social Action” (1937) 2) There is no study,separating his work on methodology,such as ‘analytical realism' from his substantive theory such as ‘voluntaristic action theory'.
In this paper,I consider ‘The lace of Ultimate Values in Sociological Theory' (1934-35) as his starting point. After following up his inherent logical structure in relating his methodology to his substantive theory, I find a kinnd of ‘paradox' in his theory.