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The Hart‐Fuller Debate
Author(s) -
Gomez Juan Vega
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
philosophy compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.973
H-Index - 25
ISSN - 1747-9991
DOI - 10.1111/phc3.12096
Subject(s) - confusion , epistemology , formalism (music) , interpretation (philosophy) , philosophy , law , sociology , political science , psychology , psychoanalysis , linguistics , musical , art , visual arts
Abstract I will center the discussion of the Hart‐Fuller debate on the five claims Hart mentions might be understood as legal positivisms main tenets: (1) the command theory; (2) the no necessary connection thesis; (3) the methodological claim; (4) the charge of positivism as formalism and the problem of interpretation; and (5) the meta‐ethical confusion. In light of these five claims, I will explore whether the exchange of views between Hart and Fuller in 1957 truly amounted to a debate. Sorting out this issue is the aim of this article.