017 Law and Language (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

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5、iverevisionMonAug9,2010Politicalphilosophersarenotgenerallypreoccupiedwithquestionsinthephilosophyoflanguage.Butlegalphilosophersarepoliticalphilosopherswithaspecializationthatgiveslanguage(andphilosophyoflanguage)aspecialfascination.Theuseoflanguageiscrucialtoanylegalsystem—n

6、otonlyinthesamewaythatitiscrucialtopoliticsingeneral,butinthespecialrespectthatlawmakerstypicallyuselanguagetomakethelaw,andcourtstypicallyuselanguagetostatetheirgroundsofdecision.Sophilosophersoflawneedagoodphilosophicalunderstandingofthemeaninganduseoflanguage.Butphilosopher

7、soflawhavealsotriedtodrawoninsightsfromphilosophyoflanguagetodealwithotherproblemstheyface.Philosophyoflawsharesatensionthataffectsphilosophyofmindandmetaphysics,andperhapsallthecentralareasofphilosophy:itisoftenunclearwhichproblemsareproblemsoflanguage,andwhicharenot.Twoareas

8、ofphilosophicalinterestinlawandlanguageresult.Firstistheinterestintheuseoflanguageinlaw.Secondistheinterestinusingphilosophyoflanguagetoaddressproblemsofthenatureoflaw.Iwilloutlinesomeproblemsineacharea.ButIwillstartwithabriefhistoricalnoteonthelinguisticpreoccupationsoflegalp

9、hilosophers.•1.Historicalnote•2.Theuseoflanguageinlawo2.1Introduction:Lawandsignso2.2LanguageandInterpretationo2.3Vaguenessinlanguageandinlaw•3.Theuseofphilosophyoflanguageinphilosophyoflawo3.1Introduction:Definitionasamethodologyinphilosophyoflawo3.2Languageandthenormativityo

10、flawo3.3TheSemanticSting•Bibliography•OtherInternetResources•RelatedEntries1.HistoricalnoteSystematicattemptstousephilosophicalinsightsaboutlanguagetosolveproblemsinphilosophyoflawarerecent,andareadistinctivefeatureofmodernEnglish-speakingjurisprudence.JeremyBenthamwasperhapst

11、hefirsttomakesuchanattempt.Hedevelopedaradicallyempiricistthe