Habermas’s theory of human species formation synthesized a wide range of philosophical sources

Evidence

In his definition, Habermas’s aim was to achieve a conception of the process of formation of the human species into which the transcendental-pragmatic or epistemo-anthropological foundations of the sciences would fit. … His sources included Rothacker on lifestyle', Gehlen on sphere of action’, Gadamer on `dialogue’ as forming the basis of communicatively constituted human existence, Husserl on the relation between the life-world and science, Adorno and Horkheimer on Critical Theory, Schelsky, Ritter and others on the role of the sciences in a civilization distorted by science, Hannah Arendt on the relationship between theory, technology and praxis, and Freud on psychoanalysis as therapy through self-reflection. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2427

Categorization

• DEFINE: Catalogues the intellectual lineage that shaped Habermas’s conception of the social process and its transcendental-pragmatic foundations.
• XREF: connects to: Habermas’s early large studies embodied a materialist theory promoting radically democratic thought — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2330; Habermas’s critical philosophy of science drew on both conservative and critical sources — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2440; Gadamer’s hermeneutics civilized Heidegger’s philosophy for Habermas — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2502 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Habermas’s critical philosophy of science drew on both conservative and critical sources #expands (0.75) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2440
• Habermas radicalized Popper’s critical rationalism via American pragmatism #expands (0.75) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2417
• Habermas derived a theory of institutions and ideologies from Freudian psychoanalysis by analogy. #expands (0.75) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2686
• Gadamer’s hermeneutics civilized Heidegger’s philosophy for Habermas #exemplifies (0.70) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2502