Science, to Weber, gives methods of explanation and means of justifying a position, but it cannot explain why that position is worth holding in the first place;this is the task of philosophy.

• 韦伯认为科学可以举例解释、证明某一事物的合理性，但不能解释该事物为什么值得置于首位的原因，而回答这一问题则属于哲学的范畴。