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The article presents a conference paper given by Raymond Boudon. In the paper, Boudon focuses on a number of epistemological issues concerning rationality and the social sciences raised by sociologists. The conference paper was originally presented in English; Boudon translated it into French as a response to another article by Beat Bürgenmeier in this issue. The author examines examples from psychology and also looks at Emile Durkheim's work on suicide and economic cycles.

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