Horkheimer answered the question of interdisciplinary method by borrowing Hegel’s understanding-reason distinction.

Evidence

What would it mean to apply the methods and results of the various scientific disciplines not mechanically, but according to the specific structure of a comprehensive theory of society and the current state of that theory, and to concentrate on modifying and extending the theory in view of progress within each discipline (as a ZfS prospectus put it)? Faced with this question, Horkheimer contented himself with applying Hegel’s views of the relationship between understanding and reason to the relationship between the various scientific disciplines and the theory of society. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 199

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s Frankfurt School institutional history material on the ZfS’s interdisciplinary program and Horkheimer’s role as its architect. — connects to: Horkheimer’s materialist dialectic came close to Hegel’s idealist determinism. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 744; Horkheimer defended his teaching by invoking Cornelius, Kant, and Hegel — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 528; Horkheimer’s objective and subjective reason are two distinct concepts — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 335 (+3 more)
• DEFINE: Clarifies what the Institute meant by ‘continuing dialectical fusion between philosophical theory and scientific practice’.
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Horkheimer’s materialist dialectic came close to Hegel’s idealist determinism. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 744; Horkheimer defended his teaching by invoking Cornelius, Kant, and Hegel — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 528; Horkheimer’s objective and subjective reason are two distinct concepts — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 335 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Horkheimer’s objective and subjective reason are two distinct concepts #complicates (0.78) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 335