Axel Hägerström

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Axel Hägerström

Axel Anders Theodor Hägerström (born September 6, 1868 in the parish of Vireda, parish of Aneby ; † July 7, 1939 in Uppsala ) was a Swedish philosopher who is best known for his legal philosophical views.

Life

Hägerström was born in Vireda. First he studied theology at Uppsala University , but broke off this course within a year in favor of studying philosophy. He lacked money; he could barely get by with the help of teaching. After completing his studies, he became a lecturer and then, until his retirement in 1933, professor of practical philosophy at Uppsala University.

Conceptions

Hägerström thinks that moral evaluations are neither true nor false; Such judgments are only about emotions. This point of view is similar to that presented by the representatives of emotivism . In his opinion, there are no objective values, just as there is no free will. Regarding legal philosophy, Hägerström says that legal ideas are largely metaphysical and magical, which for him means that they are absurd. His influence on the thinking of Alf Ross , Karl Olivecrona and Anders Vilhelm Lundstedt , and therefore on the development of legal realism, is great.

The German sociologist Theodor Geiger follows the "Uppsala School" in its analysis of the emergence of value judgments , but, in contrast to Hägerström, characterizes them as ideology because of their epistemological character .

literature

  • "Axel Hägerström", in: The philosophy of the present in self-portrayals , Vol. 7, Leipzig 1929, pp. 111–159.
  • Ernst Cassirer : Axel Hägerström. A study of contemporary Swedish philosophy . Gothenburg 1939
  • Charlie Dunbar Broad : Hägerström's Account of Sense of Duty and Certain Allied Experiences . In: Philosophy , Volume 26, 1951, pp. 99-113.
  • John Passmore: Hägerström's Philosophy of Law . In: Philosophy , Volume 36, 1961, pp. 143-160.
  • M. Waller: Axel Hägerström. Mannisker som fa Känd . Stockholm 1961.
  • Konrad Marc-Wogau : Studier till Axel Hägerström's filosofi Prisma, 1968
  • D Lang: Evaluation and knowledge. Investigations on Axel Hägerstemm's moral theory . Amsterdam 1981.

Single receipts

  1. ↑ Michael Dietz: Swedish legal philosophy in: Juristic training 1980, p. 168
  2. ↑ The most important writings of this direction are: A. Hägerström, Är gällande rätt uttryck av vilja? Gothenburg 1916. ders .: Till fragan om den Objektiva rättens begrepp , Uppsala 1917- ders .: "Axel Hägerström", in: The philosophy of the present in self-portrayals , Vol. 7, Leipzig 1929, pp. 111–159. AV Lundstedt, The unscientific nature of jurisprudence , 2 vol., Uppsala 1932 u. 1936. C. Olivecrona, Law as fact , Copenhagen et al. London 1939. - the other : Lagens imperativ , Lund 1942. I. Hedenius, Om rätt och moral , Stockholm 1941. - A. Ross, Virkelighed og Gyldighed i Retslaeren , Copenhagen 1934. - O. Solnördal, Individ, stat og rett , in: Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap , Oslo 1942. - Th. Geiger, Debat med Uppsala om Moral og Ret , Lund 1946. Information according to: Theodor Geiger: Preliminary studies for a sociology of law. Luchterhand Neuwied am Rhein 1964, p. 45, footnote. (first: Copenhagen 1947).
  3. ↑ Theodor Geiger: Ideology and Truth. A Sociological Critique of Thought. Luchterhand: Neuwied and Berlin, 2nd ed. 1968. pp. 55f

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personal data
SURNAME Hägerström, Axel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hägerström, Axel Anders Theodor (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH September 6, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH Vireda parish, Aneby (municipality)
DATE OF DEATH July 7, 1939
Place of death Uppsala