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This study originates from a question posed by Richard Posner: What can pragmatism offer to law? In this regard, in consequence of analyzing various philosophers’ remarks, research of the possibility in pragmatismlaw relation, so called ‘intermediate pragmatism’ by Rosenfeld, has been embarked. The purpose of this research is to achieve the pragmatist substance that can law use as basis in pragmatist philosophy. Thereby law would only be subject to the pragmatist philosophy’s boundaries, and would be independent from all other philosophies. That being said, the views that fall under pragmatism and the philosophers which are assumed pragmatist are numerous. That’s why, in order to limit the research, Posner’ pragmatism has been preferred as it has both the philosophical and legal aspects. In course of the quest of the pragmatist substance or basis in the context of Posner’s pragmatism, it has been concluded that Posner’s pragmatism is not suitable for the intermediate pragmatism possibility. However, this conclusion is only valid for Posner’s pragmatism and it does not lead to the meaning that no relation/connection between law and pragmatism can be construed

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