Popper’s philosophy of science implicitly rejected Critical Theory as unscientific

Evidence

Popper’s philosophy of science denied that individual observations with any value could be made merely on the basis of a constant relation to what could never be more than a provisional concept of the social totality. It denied that any non-deductive theory could be an adequate way of understanding contradictory, antagonistic societies. It denied that the experience of individuals could be more correct than results established through the official system of organized science. It denied the insight that sociological evaluation could not be neutralized by introspective knowledge, but was on the contrary constitutive of knowledge in some way. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2411

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Popper equated natural-science method with scientific rationality itself — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2410; Popper’s philosophy of science rejected every core premise of Critical Theory — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2412; Critical Theory risked ossifying into a mere counter-programme without empirical grounding — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 2287 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Popper’s philosophy of science rejected every core premise of Critical Theory #corroborates (0.90) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2412
• Critical Theory risked ossifying into a mere counter-programme without empirical grounding #corroborates (0.75) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2287
• Critical Theory defined itself through critique of others rather than systematic positive statements #corroborates (0.75) — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination, 186