ABSTRACT
The problem of the relationship between various disciplines in general and those belonging to the field of social studies in particular is quite old. In the past it preoccupied mainly philosophers of history and sociologists; now, however, economists and psychologists, political scientists and anthropologists, are being drawn more and more into the controversy and called upon to take a stand. The following few thoughts are advanced in realization of the far-reaching effect which the outcome of this current discussion is bound to have on the development of individual disciplines; they are also formulated in the strong conviction that even a special practitioner must take his stand not on some secondary positions but along the line of fundamental and central issues.
