The blitheness of thought is censured as disorder by positivistic work discipline

Evidence

In barring access to this realm, positivist philosophy sets up a self-sufficient world of its own, closed and well protected against the ingression of disturbing external factors. In this respect, it makes little difference whether the validating context is that of mathematics, of logical propositions, or of custom and usage. In one way or another, all possibly meaningful predicates are prejudged. The prejudging judgment might be as broad as the spoken English language, or the dictionary, or some other code or convention. Once accepted, it constitutes an empirical a priori which cannot be transcended. — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 671 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Positivist philosophy imposes an empirical a priori that cannot be transcended — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the…, 671; Suppressing the affective origins of thought yields intellectual sterility; Positivist truths are linguistic illusions grown canonical through use

Broader Connections

• Positivist philosophy imposes an empirical a priori that cannot be transcended #expands (0.80) — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 671
• Suppressing the affective origins of thought yields intellectual sterility #expands (0.75)
• Positivist truths are linguistic illusions grown canonical through use #corroborates (0.72)