Nicholas Gane... Weber insists that the value of science is always to be questioned and not simply presupposed... He is... critical of the presupposition which underlies Strauss' position, namely that scientific reason is necessarily of value.
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The German sociologist Max Weber, a contemporary of Strauss, was a very influential figure in 20th century thought. He is best known for his criticism of the modernity of science. He believed that the value of science should be questioned and not simply presupposed. In this quote, Weber is critical of the presupposition which underlies Strauss' position, namely that scientific reason is necessarily of value.
Weber is saying that Marxism assumes that science is valuable because it produces values such as wealth, justice, and freedom. But he believes that this presupposition is questionable and that science may not produce any values at all.
Source: Max Weber And Postmodern Theory: Rationalization Versus Reenchantment
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