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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.

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

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.

Empirical Interest Will Be In The Facts So Far As They Are Relevant To The Solution Of These Problems.

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.