Max Weber Quotes on Knowledge
Max Weber was a German sociologist, jurist, and political economist, one of the founders of modern social science. This page collects quotes attributed to Max Weber on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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“The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by the disenchantment of the world.”
Science as a Vocation -
“The capacity to distinguish between empirical knowledge and value-judgments , and the fulfillment of the scientific duty to see the factual truth as well as the practical duty to stand up for our own ideals constitute the program to which we wish to adhere with ever increasing firmness.”
Max Weber, “Objectivity in Social Science and Social Policy” (1904) -
“Max Weber, “Objectivity in Social Science and Social Policy” (1904)”
The capacity to distinguish between empirical knowledge and value-judgments , and the fulfillment of the scientific duty to see the factual truth as well as the practical duty to stand up for our own ideals constitute the program to which we wish to adhere with ever increasing firmness. -
“Max Weber's last words (1920), as quoted in Prophets of Yesterday : Studies in European Culture, 1890-1914 (1961) by Gerhard Masur, p. 201”
The Truth is the Truth. -
“Max Weber (1949/2011), Methodology of Social Sciences, Edward E. Shils & Henry A. Finch (transl. & ed.). p. 55”
Only on the assumption of belief in the validity of values is the attempt to espouse value-judgments meaningful. However, to judge the validity of such values is a matter of faith .