Epistemology and Social Theory: Internal and External Questions
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https://doi.org/10.69967/07194773.v1i6.152Keywords:
internal/externaldistinction, social theory, comparisonAbstract
The aim of this paper is to show how Rudolf Carnap’s distinction between internal and external questions might be extended and applied to social theory. Following Carnap, I argue that a question is internal to a framework if it can be answered within the given framework; on the other side, a question is external to a framework if it calls into question the framework itself. Here, I discuss this distinction and its consequences for the social theory through an analysis focused on the "Constitution of the Italian Republic" framework and on the notion of justice.
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