Existing consciousness cannot veto insights that expose its own self-contradiction
Evidence
No appeal to an actually existent state of consciousness could ever have the right to veto insight which transcended this state of consciousness by discerning its contradiction to itself and to objective conditions. — Theodor W. Adorno, Minima Moralia, 227
Categorization
Category: Craft and Method
- DEFINE: Articulates the standpoint of immanent critique against empiricist deference to whatever people happen to think.
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Broader Connections
- Consciousness is contradictory and common sense is not unified
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