Mindus A Real Mind

The Life and Work of Axel Hägerström
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-90-481-2895-2
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 271 Seiten

This comprehensive presentation of Axel Hägerström (1868-1939) fills a void in nearly a century of literature, providing both the legal and political scholar and the non-expert reader with a proper introduction to the father of Scandinavian realism. Based on his complete work, including unpublished material and personal correspondence selected exclusively from the Uppsala archives, A Real Mind follows the chronological evolution of Hägerström's intellectual enterprise and offers a full account of his thought. The book summarizes Hägerström's main arguments while enabling further critical assessment, and tries to answer such questions as: If norms are neither true nor false, how can they be adequately understood on the basis of Hägerström's theory of knowledge? Did the founder of the Uppsala school uphold emotivism in moral philosophy? What consequences does such a standpoint have in practical philosophy? Is he really the inspiration behind Scandinavian state absolutism?A Real Mind places the complex web of issues addressed by Hägerström within the broader context of 20th century philosophy, stretching from epistemology to ethics. His philosophy of law is examined in the core chapters of the book, with emphasis on the will-theory and the relation between law and power. The narrative is peppered with vignettes from Hägerström's life, giving an insightful and highly readable portrayal of a thinker who put his imprint on legal theory. The appendix provides a selected bibliography and a brief synopsis of the major events in his life, both private and intellectual.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mindus, Patricia

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Contents;5
2;Introduction: The Rare Renown of a Swedish Scholar;8
3;1 An Obscure Man of Thought;19
3.1;1.1 Background and Youth;23
3.1.1;1.1.1 The Family, Childhood and Adolescence;24
3.1.2;1.1.2 The Religious Scenery Behind an Emotivist;27
3.2;1.2 The Formative Years in Uppsala;31
3.3;1.3 The Long Shadow of Bostrm;34
3.4;1.4 Philosophy is Full of Fraud: The Declaration of Incompetence;39
3.5;1.5 The Young Axel (18971910);42
4;2 A Real Conversion: Hagerstrom on Theoretical Philosophy;48
4.1;2.1 The Task of Philosophy and the Foundation of Criterium Veri ;48
4.2;2.2 Zurck zu Kant ;53
4.3;2.3 Stat och rtt;58
4.4;2.4 1905: The Year of Turning?;63
4.5;2.5 The End of Idealism? The Principle of Science;65
4.5.1;2.5.1 The Method and the Copernican Revolution;65
4.5.2;2.5.2 Knowledge Between Scylla and Charybdis;69
4.5.3;2.5.3 The Reality Thesis Unfolded;72
4.5.4;2.5.4 H0gerstr0m vs. Hegel: Die Bedingung ;76
4.5.5;2.5.5 Coherence vs. Correspondence Theory of Truth;77
4.6;2.6 The Botanist, the Philosopher and Conceptual Realism;80
4.7;2.7 Uppsala: die kleine Wien ?;87
5;3 The Value of a Chair: The Moral Teachings;94
5.1;3.1 The Shock of Axiological Nihilism;94
5.2;3.2 The Norm Theory and Its Evolution (19071917);98
5.3;3.3 Four Theses on Non-cognitivism;102
5.3.1;3.3.1 The Ontological Thesis;103
5.3.2;3.3.2 The Epistemological Thesis;106
5.3.3;3.3.3 The Semantic Thesis;109
5.3.4;3.3.4 The Psychological Thesis;113
5.4;3.4 Misunderstandings;117
5.4.1;3.4.1 Ernst Cassirer and Moral Relativism;117
5.4.2;3.4.2 Theodor Geiger and Social Relativism;119
5.4.3;3.4.3 Practical Nihilism: How Högerström Fell into Disrepute;121
5.4.4;3.4.4 The Call for Tolerance;123
6;4 A Lawyer Honoris Causa: Criticising the Will-theory;126
6.1;4.1 Five Arguments Against the Will-Theory;126
6.1.1;4.1.1 A Circular Definition: The Will of the State Determined by Law;131
6.1.2;4.1.2 Is the Will of the State What We All Want?;132
6.1.3;4.1.3 The Will of the State as Bonum Commune ;134
6.1.4;4.1.4 Is the Will of the State What the Mighty Want?;136
6.1.5;4.1.5 The Will of the State, the Constitution and Some Puzzling Sources of Law;139
6.1.6;4.1.6 Rules with Factual Power over the Mind;140
6.2;4.2 The Will of the State as a Fictio Iuris ;142
6.2.1;4.2.1 Why Is the Will-Theory so Dangerous?;144
6.2.2;4.2.2 Statutory Law: A Cat Looking Like a King?;145
6.3;4.3 Is the Will of the State What Judges Apply? Towards a Sceptical Interpretation Theory;147
6.4;4.4 Some Concluding Remarks About Philosophy of Law;148
7;5 A Realist Awakening: The Hidden Clockwork of Law;154
7.1;5.1 The Suggestive Effect: The Fuel of the Mechanism;159
7.2;5.2 The Feedback Effect: The Transmission Axis of the Machine;161
7.3;5.3 Constitutional Procedures: The Trigger of the Gun?;165
7.4;5.4 The Theory of Justice;169
7.5;5.5 The Critique of Legal Concepts;174
7.6;5.6 The Doctrine of Illegality: A Judicial Theology?;175
7.6.1;5.6.1 Cutting the Claws of the Tiger of Righteousness;177
7.6.2;5.6.2 Illegality, a Spurious Concept;178
7.6.3;5.6.3 The Understanding of Punishment;181
8;6 The Father of Scandinavian State Absolutism? Hgerstrm on Politics;187
8.1;6.1 Political Radicalism in Historical Perspective;187
8.2;6.2 A Passion for Politics;192
8.3;6.3 Father of State Absolutism?;194
8.4;6.4 The Motives Behind the Bad Reputation;198
8.4.1;6.4.1 Högerström Reads Marx;198
8.4.2;6.4.2 The Theory of Rights as Social Superstition;202
8.4.3;6.4.3 What Rights and What for?;204
8.4.4;6.4.4 Conceptions of Right as Ideology;209
8.5;6.5 The Philosophy of History;211
8.6;6.6 Evolving Towards the Weltrepublik ;213
9;7 The Final Studies;218
9.1;7.1 The Magic of Words: The Study of Roman Law;219
9.1.1;7.1.1 Obligationsbegriff;221
9.1.2;7.1.2 Later Work;227
9.2;7.2 The Genealogical Perspective;232
9.3;7.3 The Unpublished Study on Einstein;235
9.3.1;7.3.1 Why Was Einstein so Annoying?;238
9.3.2;7.3.2 Outline of a Book that Never Was;240
9.4;7.4 Nine Weeks Later;245
10;Appendix: Hägerström's Life and Work in Brief;247
10.1;Bibliography and Chronology;247
11;Organised Overview of Hägerström's Bibliography;248
11.1;Monographs;248
11.2;Essays;250
11.3;Reviews and Shorter Publications;252
11.4;Posthumously Collected Work and Translations;253
12;Secondary Literature on Högerström;256
13;Chronology of the Life and Work of Hägerström;263
14;References;265
15;Index;276