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Fashionable NonsenseDennis PattersonEuropean University Institute; Rutgers University School of Law, Camden; Swansea University School of Law Texas Law Review, Vol. 81, 2003 Princeton Law and Public Affairs Working Paper No. 02-4 Abstract: Cognitivism - the explanation of human action by resort to actions in the mind or brain - is a fashionable trend in contemporary social science. Recent books from lawyers argue that cognitivism will give us greater insights into law because law is a product of mind. Therefore, a better theory of mind will give us a better theory of law. This article considers the arguments in two recent books in support of the application of cognitivism to law. In addition to reviewing the arguments for a cognitivist approach to law, the article takes up the philosophical dimensions of cognitivism.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 54 Keywords: cognitivism, mind, philosophy, jurisprudence, legal philosophy, thought Accepted Paper SeriesDate posted: November 14, 2002Suggested CitationContact Information
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