Kelsen e o trilema de Münchhausen

Inácio Helfer; Leandro Konzen Stein

doi:10.5007/2177-7055.2009v30n58p47

Authors

Inácio Helfer Unisinos
Leandro Konzen Stein

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2177-7055.2009v30n58p47

Abstract

The Hans Kelsen’s thought is one of the most important contributions to the contemporary legal science, especially with the upcoming of his main work, Pure Theory of Law, in which he launches the groundings of a theoretical building that will be quickly recognized as one of the most important epistemological and methodological construction about Law. However, since the new epistemological paradigms connected with anti-metaphysical and anti-positivist positions, incoherencies are showed, making necessary some critics. In this point, connected with the work “Treatise on critical reason”, by Hans Albert, we intend to analyze the Kelsen’s grounding about State Law’s validity, especially with the prism of Munchausen’s trilemma enounced by Albert, to judge its pertinence.

Author Biography

Inácio Helfer, Unisinos

Possui pós-doutorado em Filosofia na Université de Montréal (2009-2010), doutorado em Filosofia pela Université de Paris I / Panthéon-Sorbonne (1996), DEA em História da Filosofia pela Université de Paris I / Panthéon-Sorbonne (1992) e mestrado em Filosofia pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (1991). É professor titular de filosofia na Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, RS, e colaborador na Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul, RS. Desenvolve pesquisa no Núcleo de pesquisa Dialética. Tem experiência na área de Filosofia, com ênfase em Filosofia Social e Política, trabalhando principalmente com os temas e autores: Kant, Hegel, Dialética, Filosofia da história, Filosofia política e Teoria do direito.