Can the philosophy of physics help us to understand the role of the external context in the interpretation of constitutional rights?
Some indications arising from the “Duhem-Quine thesis”
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https://doi.org/10.12795/IETSCIENTIA.2021.i01.02Keywords:
Normative Indeterminacy, Constitutional Rights, Epistemological Holism , External Context.Abstract
The analysis aims to reflect on how the external context conditions the legal interpretation of the constitutional provisions that recognize fundamental rights. To this end, some methodological indications from the field of the “Duhem-Quine thesis” are adopted: the intention is not to suggest that
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