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The Frankfurt School offered instrumental critique as an alternative to traditional rationality.
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Is it true that the Frankfurt School offered instrumental critique as an alternative to traditional rationality?
No. The Frankfurt School famously critiqued instrumental reason rather than offering it as an alternative to traditional rationality.
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Wikipedia: Frankfurt School. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt_School
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The Frankfurt School critiqued instrumental reason rather than offering instrumental critique as an alternative to traditional rationality.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Critical Theory ( Frankfurt School ). (n.d.). Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/critical-theory/
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