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Weber publishes ‘On some categories of interpretive sociology’

In 1913 Max Weber published Über einige Kategorien der verstehenden Soziologie, a method essay that set interpretive sociology’s categories in his lifetime, not as a posthumous textbook chapter dated 1922. In the causal graph this event strengthens Digital Learning Access, a driver that weakens Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries) — an improving welfare path.

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In 1913 Max Weber published Über einige Kategorien der verstehenden Soziologie, a method essay that set interpretive sociology’s categories in his lifetime, not as a posthumous textbook chapter dated 1922. Economy and Society manuscripts of the same years are a neighbouring unfinished cluster, stored separately with honest dates. A method essay is not a census.

Context

Rickert’s Baden neo-Kantianism and Simmel’s forms were the conversation partners. Students needed a portable method while WuG remained a drawer. Sharing with journal editors does not erase the author.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. 1913 categories are not the 1922 Economy and Society book. Mixed effects of Weber publishes ‘On some categories of interpretive sociology’ are separate paths.

Why it matters

Education path, modest weight. High confidence on 1913 publication.

The contribution type is direct. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Max Weber

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.32 · verified

    He authored the 1913 categories essay. Journal editors printed it; it is a lifetime method text, not the 1922 WuG chapter as such.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Max WeberStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Max Weber-Gesamtausgabe — Mohr SiebeckMohr Siebeck / MWG · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

MWG at https://www.mohrsiebeck.com/buch/max-weber-gesamtausgabe-mwg-alle-baende-9783161595219/ (opens in a new tab) is the official home of the 1913 method text. SEP at https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/weber/ (opens in a new tab) independently treats interpretive sociology as a lifetime programme with dated essays.

Established: the Kategorien essay appeared in 1913 under Weber’s name. Not established: that it is identical with later WuG chapter titles in 1922. Contribution is recorded as He authored the 1913 categories essay. Journal editors printed it; it is a lifetime method text, not the 1922 WuG chapter as such. The dated heading stays Weber publishes ‘On some categories of interpretive sociology’ on 1913-01-01, not a later statue, UNESCO listing, or school film. Later competitions, monuments, and adaptations are refused as extra lifetime acts of this person on this date.

Shared responsibility is part of Weber publishes ‘On some categories of interpretive sociology’. Naming Max Weber does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1913-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorMax Weber
  2. contributed toFactWeber publishes ‘On some categories of interpretive sociology’
  3. strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
  4. weakensIndicatorLearning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)

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Factrail. (2026). Weber publishes ‘On some categories of interpretive sociology’. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/weber-kategorien-1913

https://factrail.ai/facts/weber-kategorien-1913

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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