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Ideas for Stephen Mumford, Max Horkheimer and Mary Wollstonecraft

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 6. Hopes for Philosophy

9408	Science studies phenomena, but only metaphysics tells us what exists [Mumford]
	Full Idea: Science deals with the phenomena, ..but it is metaphysics, and only metaphysics, that tells us what ultimately exists.
	From: Stephen Mumford (Laws in Nature [2004], 01.2)

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 5. Critical Theory

15661	Horkheimer's critical theory was interdisciplinary, and aware of its own context and function [Horkheimer, by Finlayson]
	Full Idea: Horkheimer was chiefly responsible for developing 'critical theory' during the 1930s. ...It was interdisciplinary, reflective, dialectical, and critical. It reflected on the social context that gave rise to it, and its own function within that society.
	From: report of Max Horkheimer (works [1950]) by James Gordon Finlayson - Habermas Ch.1:02