On tû-tû

  • Brożek B
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Abstract

My goal in this short paper is to argue that so-called intermediary concepts play an essential role in organizing and generating legal knowledge. My point of departure is a reconstruction and a critique of Alf Ross’s analysis of such concepts. His goal was to argue that there exist concept in the law which have no semantic reference, yet it is reasonable to use them as they perform some useful function regarding the presentation of legal rules. I believe that Ross is wrong on both counts: his argument to th e effect that intermediary concepts have no reference is Àawed, and his characterization of the functions such concepts play in the law is too limiting. Mi objetivo en este breve artículo es argumentar que los llamados conceptos intermediarios juegan un papel esencial en la organización y la generación del conocimiento legal. Mi punto de partida es una reconstrucción y una crítica del análisis de estos conceptos de Alf Ross. Su objetivo era argumentar que existen conceptos en la ley que no tienen referencia semántica. Sin embargo, es razonable utilizarlos a medida que realizan alguna función útil con respecto a la presentación de las normas jurídicas. Creo que Ross está equivocado en ambos casos: su argumento en el sentido de que los conceptos intermedios no tienen ninguna referencia es defectuoso, y su caracterización de las funciones que estos conceptos ejercen en la ley es demasiado limitada.

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Brożek, B. (2015). On tû-tû. Revus, (27), 1523. https://doi.org/10.4000/revus.3426

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