What does Adorno identify as the central problem with the prevailing form of statistics, as pointed out by his colleague Professor Blind?
Explanation
This question assesses the ability to grasp Adorno's critique of applied statistics within sociology, a key theme in his argument against 'pure' disciplines.
Other questions
In his opening remarks for Lecture Fourteen, what event does Adorno announce regarding the philosopher Giambattista Vico?
According to Adorno, what was the official position of Fritz Bauer, whose death he mourns at the start of the lecture?
Adorno characterizes Vico as a thinker who opposed which dominant philosophical trend of his time?
According to Adorno's analysis of Max Weber, what is the primary purpose of Weber's 'sociological ideal types'?
Adorno suggests that Max Weber's 'ideal types' are essentially modeled on the method of which other discipline?
In his 'sociology of authority,' which of the following is NOT one of the three ideal types of authority set out by Max Weber?
What tendency does Adorno highlight in Weber's work that contradicts Weber's own definition of the ideal type as a static, isolated concept?
What term does Adorno use to describe the thinking of people who insist on rigid disciplinary boundaries, such as 'neither pure philosophy nor pure sociology'?
Why, according to Adorno, do 'latecomer' sciences like sociology have an exaggerated striving to demonstrate their purity and autonomy?
What concept, borrowed from Habermas, does Adorno use to describe the posture of an academic who holds critical views in private but adopts a limited, narrow view in their professional capacity?
Adorno claims that a really adequate account of Vico has been lacking in Germany. Who does he credit with writing the only substantial contribution on Vico known to him?
What does Adorno mean when he says 'what matters in [Weber's] work is not what you read in the Baedeker guide'?
In Weber's theory of authority, 'traditional authority' is said to correspond essentially to what historical system?
What, according to Adorno, was the 'real reason' Weber introduced the concept of 'charismatic authority'?
According to Adorno, what is the 'extraordinary consequence' of Weber's finding that charismatic authority tends to become traditional authority?
Adorno discusses the academic 'taboo' on impurity, which he links to a psychological 'virginity complex'. What is the primary fear associated with this complex in the context of academic disciplines?
What is Adorno's position on the distinction between 'prescientific' and 'scientific' thinking?
The lecture mentions that the death of Fritz Bauer may have been contributed to by his despair over developments in Germany, such as what specific legislation?
What does Adorno find 'extremely rich' in the sociology of Max Weber, which he says Weber owes to his background as a pupil of Gustav von Schmoller?
Adorno criticizes the concept of 'charismatic authority' by noting that it is particularly prone to becoming merged with what other phenomenon?
What is the critical question that Adorno claims a value-free sociology, like Weber's, does NOT pose regarding charisma?
Adorno mentions a personal agreement with the Gestalt psychologist Max Wertheimer on one specific point, despite being 'terribly at odds' otherwise. What was this point of agreement?
What does Adorno describe as the 'first benefit' of the ideal of scientific purity and demarcation?
Adorno gives an example of objectification within society itself by describing a Mongol prince whose power, once based on personal charisma, becomes what?
What does Adorno argue is the proper concern of sociology, a concern that makes the ideal of disciplinary purity impossible?
In the lecture given in 1968, what did Adorno state was his reason for having long dismissed Fritz Bauer's doubts about returning to Germany from emigration?
Adorno mentions that Weber's concept of 'means-end rationality' (zweckrational) has an important limit. What concept, taken from Calvinism, plays a decisive role in setting this limit in Weber's sociology of religion?
How does Adorno characterize the historical moment which Weber tried to exclude from sociology by constructing it as an ostensibly pure discipline?
What does Adorno suggest would happen if one were to undertake a 'psychoanalysis of the prevailing scientific habits'?
At the end of the lecture, what specific problematic does Adorno announce he will examine in the next lecture?
What does Adorno identify as a 'curious fact' about the critical awareness of abstract statistics?
Adorno states that Weber's ideal types, according to his own methodology, are 'invented ad hoc'. What does this imply about their nature?
In the context of 'pure' disciplines, what example of a criticism does Adorno say is leveled against his own work?
What does Adorno claim is the 'real' value of a discipline, questioning the dogma of purity?
In his lecture from July 2, 1968, who did Adorno announce would be giving a talk on Giambattista Vico that evening?
What does Adorno suggest is the only way to properly understand the purpose of ideal types in Weber's work?
Adorno points out a disjunction in Weber's work between his ideal types and what other element?
What does Adorno identify as the need that drives him and others towards sociology, as a way to escape the 'self-sufficient conceptuality' of disciplines like law?
In his critique of Vico's reception in Germany, Adorno mentions that the translation of Vico's main work, 'Nuova Scienza,' is what?
What consequence did Adorno fear would result from the adoption of the Emergency Powers Act in 1968?
Adorno suggests that 'pure' sociology, by sealing itself off, ultimately loses all specificity and turns into what?
According to Adorno, how did Max Weber define 'rational' or 'legitimate' authority historically?
What unforeseen consequence of the concept of 'charismatic leader' does Adorno argue that Weber did not see?
Adorno argues that to endow an ideal type with an objective 'tendency' is to attribute to it something of the Hegelian substantiality of what?
What does Adorno claim is the proper way to approach the study of 'prescientific experience'?
Which Italian philosopher does Adorno credit with first establishing the real importance of Giambattista Vico in Italy?
What is the primary danger Adorno associates with the idea that sociology is a 'latecomer' science striving for purity?
In the Vienna cafe house example, what happens when the intellectual with 'thoroughly free, reasonable and critical views' puts on his metaphorical 'academic gown'?
Which scholar's work does Adorno reference as being the source for the concept of 'traditionalist' economy, a concept used in relation to Weber's 'traditional authority'?