If Hegel's critique is correct that Kant's formalism artificially severs feeling from conceptual content, then 'purposiveness without purpose' already smuggles in implicit rational meaning.
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Introduces something quietly or without acknowledgment, making it seem innocent when it's actually a controversial addition.
conceptual content(Contrasted with perceptual content which allegedly can be contradictory)
Content of the kind found in propositional attitudes such as belief, which is argued to necessarily be consistent (non-contradictory)
formalism(Applied as a critique of both metaphysics and the sciences in Horkheimer's later work)
The logical practice of relating facts to concepts in terms of the relation of classes to instances, accomplished by simple deduction, resulting in static universals into which all particulars can be neatly placed
implicit rational meaning(as what the concept allegedly contains without admitting it)
Meaning or logic that is present but not directly stated—it's implied or hidden rather than openly expressed.
purposiveness without purpose(as a concept from Kant's theory of aesthetics)
Kant's idea that beauty and art feel like they were designed for a reason, even though they don't actually serve a practical function—we find them meaningful without knowing why.