Max Weber and *Verstehen*
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Max Weber argued social science must grasp the meaning people attach to their own actions — an approach known as verstehen, understanding, a concept he took up from Wilhelm Dilthey.
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Counting how many attend a service misses why they came; the meaning of the act is part of the data.
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Interpreting meaning is a method with rules, not a licence to guess.