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Action (physics)EpistemologySociologyPhilosophyPhysics
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Talcott Parsons,
Edward Shils
(1951).
Toward a General Theory of Action.
Harvard University Press eBooks
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https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674863507
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