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RECHTSTHEORIE 43 (2012), S. 1-18
Duncker & Humblot, 12165 Berlin
REMEMBRANCE-
LEGAL THEORY IN THE SHADOW
OF GEORG HENRIK VON WRIGHT
By Aulis Aarnio, Helsinki and Tampere
The goal of philosophy is not in theses or statements
but in the understanding of theses and statements.
This is the content of Wittgenstein's words about phi-
losophy not being science but action.
Georg Henrik von Wright, Mitid filosofia on? [What is
philosophy?], in: Logiikka ja humanismi [Logic and
humanism]
Finnish legal theory has much reason to thank Georg Henrik von
Wright (1916-2003) for the internationalization begun in the 1970s,
which quite quickly led to reaching the level of the international peak. I
wish to bring this subject back to the minds of readers with a few swift
strokes.
The character of the text at hand might be best described by the term
remembrance, in something of the same way one might describe Tho-
mas Wallgren's essay in the philosophical magazine Niin & Ndin (3/2003).
In that essay, Wallgren uses the word reminiscence. I have no qualifi-
cations to pursue a similar, close point of view as Wallgren, but having
followed certain events at close range philosophically, though from a dis-
tance in a human sense, my presentation is bound to take the form of
recollections. Even when outlined like this, the theme is both painful and
difficult. It is painful because it is never easy to detach one's own expe-
rience from the facts and difficult because in the lack of written notes,
many memories are shaky, and it is not without risk to claim to be tell-
ing the impartial truth.
After once again going through the works of Georg Henrik von Wright
in my bookshelf, I came upon a fascinating work that has inspired me in
many ways: In the Shadow of Descartes. Essays in the Philosophy of
Mind (1998). As I thought about the significance of Georg Henrik von
Wright to Finnish legal thought, I grasped an analogy with the title of
the book: Finnish legal thought in the shadow of Georg Henrik von
Wright. There were no negative connotations to the image; it merely](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.journals/recthori43&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)
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