Question

Merton codifies functionalism in sociology as

Answer 1

Robert K. Merton: On Structural Functionalism. Robert King Merton (1910-2003) is a self-styled “Durkheimian,” writing very much in the functional tradition. ... The functional orientation has long been implicit in biology and physiology, as well as in the social sciences of anthropology, economics, and sociology.

Answer 2

Answer:

Merton claims to have codified structural functionalism. Merton proposed that the three postulates drawn from Malinowski and Radcliffe Brown of functional unity; functional universality; and functional indispensability constitute axioms from which the theorms of functional sociology would be derived.