A Scientifically Unimportant Discovery Is One Which,

Special Emphasis Should Be Laid On This Intimate Interrelation Of General Statements About Empirical Fact With The Logical Elements And Structure Of Theoretical Systems.

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

Science Is Intimately Integrated With The Whole Social Structure And Cultural Tradition. They Mutually Support One Other-only In Certain Types Of Society Can Science Flourish, And Conversely Without A Continuous And Healthy Development And Application Of Science Such A Society Cannot Function Properly.

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 That Of Increasing Knowledge Of Empirical Fact, Intimately Combined With Changing Interpretations Of This Body Of Fact - Hence Changing General Statements About It - And, Not Least, A Changing A Structure Of The Theoretical System.