Critical philosophy of science justifies extending rationalization into practical goals and politics
Evidence
The concepts of historical and hermeneutic science and of critical science seemed to provide exactly the basis that was needed to be able to imagine a rationalization in the sphere of ultimate goals and practical political action. Compared with a `positivistically bisected rationalism’, this outline of a critical philosophy of science seemed to justify a complete form of rationalism that included a specific rationalization of the social-cultural framework. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 607
Categorization
- DEFINE: Distinguishes ‘positivistically bisected rationalism’ from a complete rationalism that includes social-cultural ends.
- XREF: Echoes Weber’s rationalization thesis extended by the Frankfurt School into value and political spheres. — connects to: Science must produce a legitimating philosophical discourse about its own rules — Jean-François Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition: A Report on…, 87; Philosophy functions as a practical instrument for political organizing; Modern rationalism combined critical method with quietism toward institutions — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the…, 139 (+8 more)
- yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Science must produce a legitimating philosophical discourse about its own rules — Jean-François Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition: A Report on…, 87; Philosophy functions as a practical instrument for political organizing; Modern rationalism combined critical method with quietism toward institutions — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the…, 139 (+8 more)
Broader Connections
- Modern rationalism combined critical method with quietism toward institutions
#complicates(0.80) — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 139 - Scientific rationalism becomes an instrument of social domination
#complicates(0.78) — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 141 - Critical Theory claims to cure philosophy only from outside its own boundaries
#complicates(0.75) — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 288 - Popper equated natural-science method with scientific rationality itself
#complicates(0.72) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2410