Question

who said," Functionalism is method not a theory"???​

Answer 1

Answer:

Herbert Spencer, Emile Durkheim, Talcott Parsons, and Robert Merton.

Explanation:

These are the four main names who had worked on the perspective that functionalism is a theory rather than a method.

However, in order to eliminate any sort of confusion, one can answer that functionalism as a theory, was worked on primarily and mostly by Emile Durkheim, thus it may be assumed that indeed this philosopher must have denied this concept to be a method and then further introduced it as a theory instead.

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Answer 2

Answer:

The answer to this question is Emile Durkheim.

When it comes to functionalist perspective, it is otherwise called functionalism. It is the most important theoretical perspectives available in sociology. Most significantly, it interprets various parts  of the society in terms of how it actually contributes to stability of entire society.   The term society is the over the sum of its important parts.