Query: Source of a Roman Jakobson quote

Cohen, Gerald Leonard gcohen at MST.EDU
Fri Aug 26 21:59:05 UTC 2011


I'm trying to find a reference for the following quote of the eminent linguist Roman Jakobson:
 
"A bad theory leads to a better theory. The absence of a theory leads to nothing."
 
Would anyone perhaps know or be able to furnish a lead?
G. Cohen
 
  

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