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All the ideas for 'Mechanism, purpose and explan. exclusion', 'works' and 'Dialectic of Enlightenment'

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

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Adorno and Horkheimer subjected the Enlightenment to 'critical theory' analysis [Adorno/Horkheimer, by Finlayson]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / a. Explanation

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Explanatory exclusion: there cannot be two separate complete explanations of a single event [Kim]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / b. Rational ethics

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De Sade said it was impossible to rationally argue against murder [Adorno/Horkheimer]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 2. Thermodynamics / b. Heat

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Joule showed that energy converts to heat, and heat to energy [Joule, by Papineau]

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Heat is a state of vibration, not a substance [Joule]