Of the several possible meanings of formalism, I relate to it here as pertaining to the justification of knowledge claims and/or the making of socio-political decisions using strictly rule-determined procedures, often in response to systems imperatives. Of particular concern with reference to the workshop theme are the ways in which such restrictive formalism negatively impacts life-world decis...

O artigo aborda a viragem linguística e duas relevantes teorias dela decorrentes – filosofia da linguagem ordinária, de L. Wittgenstein, hermenêutica filosófica, H.-G. Gadamer tem como objetivo analisar suas possíveis contribuições para superação do paradigma positivista no direito. Para isso, emprega o método hermenêutico, os procedimentos pesquisa bibliográfica abordagem qualitativa.

This analysis comments on Bernstein's lack of clear understanding of subjectivity, based on his book, Beyond Objectivism and Relativism: Science, Hermeneutics, and Praxis. Bernstein limits his interpretation of subjectivity to thinkers such as Gadamer and Habermas. The authors analyze the ideas of classic scholars such as Edmund Husserl and Friedrich Nietzsche. Husserl put forward his notion of...