Scientific thought separated facts from values because philosophy’s values proved ineffective

Evidence

To be sure, this is still the dictum of the philosopher; it is he who analyzes the human situation. He subjects experience to his critical judgment, and this contains a value judgment—namely, that freedom from toil is preferable to toil, and an intelligent life is preferable to a stupid life. It so happened that philosophy was born with these values. Scientific thought had to break this union of value judgment and analysis, for it became increasingly clear that the philosophic values did not guide the organization of society nor the transformation of nature. They were ineffective, unreal. — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 496

Categorization

• XREF: This is the origin story for the fact/value divide — connects directly to the reader’s critical-theory interest and to Weber’s disenchantment thesis. — connects to: Science’s takeover severed reflection from speculation and degraded both; The science-philosophy split reflects differing historical projects, not progress — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the…, 680; Denying metaphysics in favor of science is itself a metaphysical position — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism: A Critique of…, 294

Broader Connections

• The science-philosophy split reflects differing historical projects, not progress #corroborates (0.75) — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 680
• Denying metaphysics in favor of science is itself a metaphysical position #complicates (0.72) — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 294