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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.

A Scientifically Unimportant Discovery Is One Which, However True And However Interesting For Other Reasons, Has No Consequences For A System Of Theory With Which Scientists In That Field Are Concerned.

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.

It Is Probably Safe To Say That All The Changes Of Factual Knowledge Which Have Led To The Relativity Theory, Resulting In A Very Great Theoretical Development, Are Completely Trivial From Any Point Of View Except Their Relevance To The Structure Of A Theoretical System.

The Implications Of These Considerations Justify The Statement That All Empirically Verifiable Knowledge Even The Commonsense Knowledge Of Everyday Life - Involves Implicitly, If Not Explicitly, Systematic Theory In This Sense.