Chapter 7 treats the first of the two mentioned approaches. For lack of better names it is called modernist. This approach is defined by four suggested distinguishing traits. (1) The idea of truth as an important relation to reality. (2) The idea of reality as something perceptible. (3) The assumption that we should further our insight into reality by the analysis of certainties. (4) The idea of sentences as owners of meaning and truth. Signs of this approach are then traced in history.
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(2009). The Modernist Approach. In: The Quest for the Description of the Law. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70502-4_7
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