The characteristic activity of science is not construction, but induction. The more often something has occurred in the past, the more certain that it will in all the future. Knowledge relates solely to what is and to its recurrence. New forms of being, especially those arising from the historical activity of man, lie beyond empiricist theory. Thoughts which are not simply carried over from the prevailing pattern of consciousness, but arise from the aims and resolves of the individual, in short, all historical tendencies that reach beyond what is present and recurrent, do not belong to the domain of science.


p. 144. - "The Latest Attack on Metaphysics" (1937)

Max Horkheimer Quotes

The characteristic activity of science is not construction, but induction. The more often something has occurred in the past, the more certain that...

The characteristic activity of science is not construction, but induction. The more often something has occurred in the past, the more certain that...

The characteristic activity of science is not construction, but induction. The more often something has occurred in the past, the more certain that...

The characteristic activity of science is not construction, but induction. The more often something has occurred in the past, the more certain that...