ons ' ▁writ ings . ▁The ▁next ▁academic ▁year , ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁seven ▁widely ▁attended ▁public ▁sem in ars ▁followed ▁and ▁cul min ated ▁in ▁a ▁session ▁at ▁which ▁he ▁answered ▁his ▁critics . ▁The ▁discuss ions ▁in ▁the ▁sem in ars ▁were ▁sum med ▁up ▁in ▁a ▁book ▁edited ▁by ▁Max ▁Black , ▁The ▁Social ▁The ories ▁of ▁Tal c ott ▁Par s ons : ▁A ▁Crit ical ▁Ex am ination . ▁It ▁included ▁an ▁ess ay ▁by ▁Par s ons , ▁" The ▁Point ▁of ▁View ▁of ▁the ▁Author ". ▁The ▁sch ol ars ▁included ▁in ▁the ▁volume ▁were ▁Edward ▁C . ▁De vere ux ▁Jr ., ▁Robin ▁M . ▁Williams ▁Jr ., ▁Ch and ler ▁Mor se , ▁Alfred ▁L . ▁Bald win , ▁U rie ▁Bron fen br en ner , ▁Henry ▁A . ▁Land s berger , ▁William ▁Fo ote ▁Why te , ▁Black , ▁and ▁Andrew ▁H acker . ▁The ▁contributions ▁converted ▁many ▁angles ▁including ▁person ality ▁theory , ▁organiz ational ▁theory , ▁and ▁various ▁method ological ▁discuss ions . ▁Par s ons ' ▁ess ay ▁is ▁particularly ▁notable ▁because ▁it ▁and ▁another ▁ess ay , ▁" Pattern ▁Vari ables ▁Re vis ited ", ▁both ▁represented ▁the ▁most ▁full - scale ▁accounts ▁of ▁the ▁basic ▁elements ▁of ▁his ▁theoretical ▁strategy ▁and ▁the ▁general ▁principles ▁behind ▁his ▁approach ▁to ▁theory - building ▁when ▁they ▁were ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 0 . ▁ ▁One ▁ess ay ▁also ▁included , ▁in ▁met at he oret ical ▁terms