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Ratio Juris. Vol. 17 No. 2 June 2004 (156–67) The Nature of Legal Philosophy* ROBERT ALEXY Abstract. Philosophy is general and systematic reflection about what there is, what ought to be done or is good, and how knowledge about both is possible. Legal phi- losophy raises these questions with respect to the law. In so doing, legal philosophy is engaged in reasoning about the nature of law. The arguments addressed to the question of the nature of law revolve around three problems. The first problem addresses the question: In what kinds of entities does the law con