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Elias repeatedly makes the point that the social sciences are at an early phase of development as compared with the natural sciences and hence, high levels of predictive success cannot be expected. As a result Arpad Szakolczai's comments completely underplay the distinctive character of sociological knowledge, which is central to Elias's own sociology and theory of science.

The sociological process developed by Norbert Elias that gives a framework for a 'central theoryE in sociology and it's orchestrating role played in human science, is argued. It is concluded that Eliasian sociology was the best to provide a 'central theory' not only for the social sciences, but also for the human sciences.