▁form ▁the ▁basic ▁characteristics ▁of ▁social ▁action , ▁and ▁could ▁be ▁understood ▁as ▁a ▁four fold ▁function ▁of ▁a ▁cy ber net ic ▁system ▁where ▁the ▁hier arch ical ▁order ▁is ▁L - I - G - A . ▁The ▁most ▁met aph ys ical ▁questions ▁in ▁his ▁theory ▁laid ▁embedded ▁in ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁constit utive ▁symbol ization , ▁which ▁represented ▁the ▁pattern ▁maintenance ▁of ▁the ▁cultural ▁system ▁and ▁was ▁the ▁cultural ▁system ic ▁equivalent ▁of ▁lat ent ▁pattern ▁maintenance ▁through ▁institutions ▁like ▁school ▁and ▁family ▁( or , ▁simply ▁put , ▁" L "). ▁ ▁Later ▁the ▁met aph ys ical ▁questions ▁became ▁more ▁specified ▁in ▁the ▁Parad ig m ▁of ▁the ▁Human ▁Cond ition , ▁which ▁Par s ons ▁developed ▁in ▁the ▁years ▁before ▁his ▁death ▁as ▁an ▁extension ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁AG IL ▁theory . ▁ ▁The ▁separation ▁of ▁the ▁cultural ▁and ▁social ▁system ▁had ▁various ▁imp lications ▁for ▁the ▁nature ▁of ▁the ▁basic ▁categories ▁of ▁the ▁cultural ▁system ; ▁especially ▁it ▁had ▁imp lications ▁for ▁the ▁way ▁cogn itive ▁capital ▁is ▁perce ived ▁as ▁a ▁factor ▁in ▁history . ▁In ▁contrast ▁to ▁p rag mat ism , ▁material ism , ▁behavior ism ▁and ▁other ▁anti - K ant ian ▁types ▁of ▁ep ist em ological ▁parad ig ms , ▁which ▁t ended ▁to ▁regard ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁cogn itive ▁capital ▁as ▁identical ▁with ▁the ▁basic ▁rational ization ▁processes ▁in ▁history , ▁Par s ons ▁regarded ▁this ▁question ▁as ▁fund ament ally ▁different . ▁C ogn itive ▁capital ,