Kemarks on the Sociology of Social Scientists.

The article presents remarks on the sociology of social scientists. Initially, social science ought to engage in the critical analysis of society, which implies that social scientists should engage in discussing unsolved social problems, in analyzing them, and in taking a position on controversial subjects. Secondly, social science ought to be used as a tool for social planning which means that social science ought to put its knowledge at the disposal of politicians and those responsible for planning. Thirdly, social science ought to be used in social engineering, which means that social scientists should actively participate in solving social problems. In general it is difficult to measure the influence of social scientific research. One possibility would be to measure the way research is presented in the mass media and to observe the influence that it has on the reasoning of opinions transmitters and on opinion leaders. Thus the results of research may be used in opinion formation.