Problems of Normativity, Rules and Rule-Following [Paperback]

This book focuses on the problems of rules, rule-following and normativity as discussed within the areas of analytic philosophy, linguistics, logic and legal theory. Divided into four parts, the volume covers topics in general analytic philosophy, analytic legal theory, legal interpretation and argumentation, logic as well as AI& Law area of research. It discusses, inter alia, Kripkensteins sceptical argument against rule-following and normativity of meaning, the role of neuroscience in explaining the phenomenon of normativity, conventionalism in philosophy of law, normativity of rules of interpretation, some formal approaches towards rules and normativity as well as the problem of defeasibility of rules. The aim of the book is to provide an interdisciplinary approach to an inquiry into the questions concerning rules, rule-following and normativity.

Part I: Philosophical Problems of Normativity and Rule Following.- 1. Rules, Norms and Principles: A Conceptual Framework; Paul Boghossian.- 2. Separating Rules from Normativity; Jaap Hage.- 3. Communalism, Correction and Nihilist?Solitary Rule-Following Arguments; William Knorpp.- 4. Knowing Way Too Much: a Case against Semantic Phenomenology; Krzysztof PosBajko.- 5. The Meaning of Normativity of Meaning; Leopold Hess.- 6. On the Kantian Background of Kripkenstein Rule-following Paradox; PrzemysBaw Tacik.- 7. Rules as Patterns Between Normativism and Naturalism; Piotr Kozak.- 8. Normativity and Rationality: Framing the Problem; Joanna Klimczyk.- 9. Rules and Rights; Tomasz Pietrzykowski.- Part II: Normativity of Law and Legal Norms.- 10. Rules and Normativity in Law; Brian Bix.- 11. Obligation: A Legal-Theoretical Perspective; Stefano Bertea.- 12. On Obligations, Norms and Rules; Dietmar von der Pfordten.- 13. Philosophy, Neuroscience and Law: The Conceptual and Empirical, Rule-following, Interpretation and Knowledge; Dennis Patterson, Michael S. Pardo.- 14. Gunman Situation, VicilÃ^