Habermas’s 1965 inaugural lecture launched a critical philosophy of science against positivism

Evidence

The inaugural lecture gave a sketch of a `critical philosophy of science’ which exposed the bid by the positivist theory of science to occupy the various categories of science, and used a series of theses not only to attempt to halt this process in its tracks but also to make its own counter-bid. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2431

Categorization

• XREF: The ‘Knowledge and Human Interests’ lecture (later a book) is a foundational text of second-generation Frankfurt School critical theory. — connects to: Habermas sought to justify critical social theory through an epistemological reconstruction of positivism’s prelude. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2679

Broader Connections

• Habermas sought to justify critical social theory through an epistemological reconstruction of positivism’s prelude. #expands (0.85) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2679