Horkheimer’s objective-subjective reason distinction evaded the grounding problem

Evidence

When Horkheimer, in the Eclipse of Reason and in his inaugural lecture as rector, subsequently contrasted the dominant subjective reason' with objective reason’, but without himself clearly laying any claim to possess objective reason, he was avoiding the problem. At the same time, however, he was taking the opportunity to make resolute criticisms of the dominant `subjective reason’. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2168

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies the subjective/objective reason distinction and Horkheimer’s strategic use of it without claiming to possess objective reason.
• XREF: connects to: Modern reason is subjective and instrumental; objective reason judges larger purposes. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1456; Horkheimer’s Habilitation rejected Kant’s teleological correspondence between reason and nature — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 181; Plato through German idealism grounded reason in an objective hierarchy of beings. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1457

Broader Connections

• Plato through German idealism grounded reason in an objective hierarchy of beings. #corroborates (0.85) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1457