Adorno’s critique of science never specified which sense of science he targeted.

Evidence

When he criticized science, it often remained unclear whether he really meant (a) the positivist conception of science, (b) the sciences in their existing form (whether or not this form was adequately grasped by positivist scientific theory) or (c) the individual scientific disciplines with their division of labour. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 627

Categorization

• DEFINE: Distinguishes three distinct objects of critique: positivist theory of science, actually existing sciences, and individual disciplines with their division of labour — a distinction essential to reading Frankfurt School science critique precisely.
• XREF: Connects to the Habermas technical-cognitive-interest material and to the Institute’s general contempt for specialized disciplines. — connects to: Horkheimer never specified a criterion for distinguishing rational from regressive uses of tradition. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 371; Adorno never supplied criteria for distinguishing resigned acceptance from opposition — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 541; Adorno valued science’s importance but rejected its cognitive methods entirely — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2283 (+5 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Horkheimer never specified a criterion for distinguishing rational from regressive uses of tradition. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 371; Adorno never supplied criteria for distinguishing resigned acceptance from opposition — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 541; Adorno valued science’s importance but rejected its cognitive methods entirely — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2283 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Adorno excluded scientific research from the Frankfurt program out of impatience, not principle #complicates (0.74) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 643