El legado de Larry Laudan y el futuro de la epistemología jurídica

Pages25-28
Date01 January 2026
Published date01 January 2026
AuthorAndrés Páez,Amalia Amaya
Subject MatterDerecho Internacional
Quaestio facti. Revista Internacional sobre Razonamiento Probatorio / International Journal on Evidential Legal Reasoning
Año 2025 10 pp. 25-28
Quaestio facti. Revista Internacional sobre Razonamiento Probatorio
Quaestio facti. International Journal on Evidential Legal Reasoning
Sección: Homenaje a Larry Laudan
2025 l 10 pp. 25-28
Madrid, 2025
Marcial Pons Ediciones Jurídicas y Sociales
© Amalia Amaya
© Andrés Páez
ISSN: 2604-6202
Editado bajo licencia Reconocimiento 4.0 Internacional de Creative Commons
EL LEGADO DE LARRY LAUDAN Y
EL FUTURO DE LA EPISTEMOLOGÍA JURÍDICA
Amalia Amaya
Universidad de Edimburgo
Andrés Páez
Universidad de los Andes
Como editores de esta sección especial de Quaestio Facti dedicada a la obra y le-
gado del lósofo Larry Laudan, nos sentimos muy afortunados de haber conocido a
Larry y de haberlo tenido como mentor, amigo y colega.
Larry fue un lósofo tremendamente generoso. Recordamos las largas tardes dis-
cutiendo con él, sin prisa, haciendo losofía de una manera que contrasta de manera
radical con el ritmo frenético de la academia actual. Siempre admiramos la manera en
la que Larry siempre seguía el argumento hasta el nal, así le llevara a posiciones que
pudieran resultar comprometidas, por decir lo menos, o directamente impopulares.
Larry era un apasionado de los argumentos. Para él, los argumentos son el eje cen-
tral de la práctica académica en todas sus dimensiones. En una ocasión, comentó que
él recordaba argumentos que se habían presentado en congresos y seminarios hacía
muchos años, pero muchas veces no se acordaba de quién los había presentado. Ahí
estaban, los argumentos, listos para ser discutidos, examinados, suspendidos en el
aire, como fórmulas matemáticas. Un artículo, decía, es «one pointed argument» y en
las presentaciones en los congresos lo importante es el argumento, de lo que se trata
es simplemente de presentar una idea que quieres discutir con los demás.
La relevancia de la comunidad para la práctica académica —y esto puede resultar
quizá sorprendente— es, junto con la centralidad de los argumentos, otra de las

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