Thinking in Images in Legal Theory

摘要: This paper explores the role of images in (legal) philosophical thought. It does so two steps. The first step consists considering discussions methodology, focusing especially on contemporary work by M. Le Doeuff and La Caze, but drawing also ancient practice philosophy (as exemplified Plato's dialogues). Philosophers often neglect how they use, just much rely on, images: think only cave, Hegel's owl, Locke's tabula rasa, Wittgenstein's language games, Quine's web belief. Such immediately bring to mind certain ideas arguments, temperaments. Having considered second developing an account Zenon Bankowski's imaginary, i.e. stock that appear his work, examining roles those various play. These range from ATM machines do not respond particular person (but ever represented person’s card), hence raise (by analogy) questions ethics legal judgement, ‘bridging institutions’ infuse system with ‘lay acid’, thereby renewing law, preventing it becoming too isolated life community.