LECTURE THREE

In Lecture Three, how does Adorno characterize the 'grand themes' in the sphere of reflection?

What is the positivist response to the demand that sociology should concern itself with the essential, according to Adorno?

According to Adorno, what is the role of the 'research technician' in positivist sociology?

How does Adorno redefine 'Essence' in Lecture Three, distancing it from traditional metaphysics?

What principle from Hegel does Adorno claim is entirely applicable to sociology and its methods?

According to Adorno in Lecture Three, what is the status of class-consciousness compared to Marx's prognosis?

What does Adorno argue is the correct sociological response to the fact that proletarians may no longer be conscious of themselves as such?

Adorno mentions a specific thinker who first diagnosed the 'integrative tendency of society'. Who was it?

What is the 'small model of the dialectic of appearance and essence' that Adorno provides in Lecture Three?

According to Adorno, what is a key task for sociology regarding concepts of essence or general laws?

How does Adorno advise his students to understand terms like 'capitalism' or 'class' in his lectures?

What is the 'curious reversal' Adorno notes regarding the problem of pragmatism in sociology?

What does Adorno claim is the ultimate outcome of the 'practicism' cultivated by positivism?

At the end of Lecture Three, what does Adorno identify as the 'central concept of sociology'?

Adorno criticizes a form of praxis that provides material for measures taken within the existing social 'set-up'. Which sociologist's reproach does he mention in this context?

What does Adorno identify as the two poles of the 'bad sense' of polarization that sociology is in danger of becoming?

When Adorno discusses the question 'Does class play a part or not?', what does he say one must bear in mind about Marx's formulation of the concept?

What is one factor Adorno mentions as a cause for the diminishment of class-consciousness?

When Adorno discusses the task of sociology, how many primary points does he ask his students to 'make a note of'?

What is Adorno's concern about the term 'essence' as it is used in his theory?

Where does Adorno locate the decision about whether a subject matter is 'essential'?

What critique of traditional metaphysics, denounced by Nietzsche, does Adorno say positivism seems to liberate us from?

Adorno claims that unless the axiom 'essence must manifest itself as appearance' is made a strict maxim, theoretical sociology is in danger of lapsing into what?

In his clumsy answer to 'What is essential?', Adorno says that objective laws governing society are human destiny. What important qualification does he add?

What does Adorno identify as a 'decisive question in judging present-day society'?

Adorno notes that the practical appeal to proletarians 'takes on an ideological moment' under what specific circumstance?

In Minima Moralia, Adorno posed a riddle that expressed the problem of disappearing class-consciousness twenty years prior. What was that riddle?

In explaining the non-appearance of class consciousness, Adorno lists several factors. Which concept does he describe as the 'encompassing concept' under which the other moments can be subsumed?

What does Adorno claim is the relationship of his critical sociology to empirical research?

Adorno mentions that the praxis cultivated by positivism can be seen as that of doing what?

In Lecture Three, Adorno refers to a publication he wrote on the concept of society for a specific dictionary. What dictionary was it?

What famous formulation about essence and appearance does Adorno attribute to the philosopher Schlick?

How does Adorno describe the use of research instruments in positivist sociology, especially after mentioning he invented one himself?

According to Adorno, what is the consequence of the positivist rejection of a choice between essence and appearance?

Adorno mentions a contribution he made to the 'criticism directed at phenomenology from the standpoint of dialectics' in a specific book. Which book was it?

What does Adorno say about anyone who lacks the ability to perceive essential truths shining forth from isolated social phenomena?

What is the second point Adorno makes about the sociologist who can perceive essential truths but fails to test their insight?

What reason does Adorno give for why the conclusion 'class-consciousness doesn't exist any more' is an incorrect response to empirical findings?

Adorno argues that in abandoning some traditional categories, one must remain true to what?

On what topic does Adorno say the scholar Jürgen Habermas has worked intensively in recent years?

What does Adorno state is the 'logo of societas'?

Adorno suggests that the work of sociology should be largely governed by what?

What does Adorno believe is the decisive question for judging present-day society regarding class?

According to Adorno, what is the first point in the three-part task of sociology he outlines on page 34?

Adorno criticizes the concept of praxis in positivism because it modifies it to mean what?

What is the great danger that Adorno believes threatens sociology today, according to the end of his discussion on page 30?

What does Adorno say is the intellectual well-being of sociology dependent on preventing?

What does Adorno suggest about the relationship between a critical theory of society and pleasure of expounding it?

How many factors does Adorno mention 'somewhat unsystematically' to explain the incorporation of the proletariat on page 33?

Adorno states that the question of whether praxis follows from sociological knowledge, or if knowledge is simply applicable to given forms of praxis, is a profound and radical difference. Which option best describes this difference?