NEOCLASSICAL THEORIZING AND FORMALIZATION IN SOCIOLOGY.

The article presents an analysis of the neoclassical approach in sociological theory. Some central ideas of the classic sociological tradition associate with mathematical ideas. The author has also presented an analysis of the nature of formal theoretic methods that have been adopted to the requirements of advancing sociological theory. A significant unresolved problem of mathematical sociology is the combining of formalism with theory in such a manner that the former becomes essential to the latter.