Empirical Interest Will Be In The Facts

But The Scientific Importance Of A Change In Knowledge Of Fact Consists Precisely In J Its Having Consequences For A System Of Theory.

But The Fact A Person Denies That He Is Theorising Is No Reason For Taking Him At His Word And Failing To Investigate What Implicit Theory Is Involved In His Statements.

The Hypothesis May Be Put Forward, To Be Tested By The S Subsequent Investigation, That This Development Has Been In Large Part A Matter Of The Reciprocal Interaction Of New Factual Insights And Knowledge On The One Hand With Changes In The Theoretical System On The Other.

A Theoretical System Does Not Merely State Facts Which Have Been Observed And That Logically Deducible Relations To Other Facts Which Have Also Been Observed.

Sociology Should... Be Thought Of As A Science Of Action-of The Ultimate Common Value Element In Its Relations To The Other Elements Of Action.