Abstract: Weber thinks value neutrality and value relevance principles are the core of the social science methodology. The discussion of objectivity and value of social science has never stopped. The positivism insists that social science research should keep objectivity and the method of the natural sciences, New Kantianism advocated the laws of “what is” in the natural science and “how should be” in social cultural, historicism claims Value Relevance, all those provide Weber with a wealth of knowledge model on the theory of value neutrality. The value principle concretes application including scientific both outside and inside, and only insists on the dialectical attitude to treat the methodology of value neutrality principle, it can better reflect the social value of social science researchers.
Key words: value neutrality; value relevance; the social sciences.
The Chinese version appeared in Academics, 2017(07).