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Assertion (A): Kelsen follows Kant in distinguishing between ‘is’ and ‘ought’. Reason (R): Kelsen is a forerunner of philosophical school.

  1. Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

  2. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

  3. (A) is true, but (R) is false.

  4. (A) is false, but (R) is true.
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Explanation

Kelsen follows Kant in viewing scientific inquiry not as a passive record of experience, but as constitute object of cognition. He holds that the ontological distinction between is and ought maps into an epistemological distinction between two kinds of science. Kelsen is a forerunner of philosophical school.

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