Democracy and Truth: A Contingent Defense of Epistemic Democracy

Critical Review: A Journal of Politics and Society 29 (1):49-71 (2017)
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ABSTRACTContrary to what some critics of epistemic democracy claim, the association between democracy and truth does not necessarily make the former inhospitable to conflict, contestation, and pluralism. With the help of John Stuart Mill and William James, truth can be interpreted so as to make it compatible with a democratic politics that appreciates conflict and dissent. In some circumstances, truth claims are politically relevant and should become the object of democratic deliberation.

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10.1080/08913811.2017.1290329

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Gustavo Hessmann Dalaqua
Universidade de Pernambuco

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Conflict, consensus, and liberty in J. S. Mill’s representative democracy.Gustavo Hessmann Dalaqua - 2018 - British Journal for the History of Philosophy 26 (1):110-130.

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