Original scientific paper
Democracy, Truth, and Epistemic Proceduralism
Ivan Mladenović
orcid.org/0000-0001-6443-0884
; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Abstract
The usual justifications of democracy attach central importance to fair decision-making procedures. However, it is being increasingly emphasized that it is necessary to address epistemic considerations to justify democracy and democratic authority. In her book Democracy and Truth: The Conflict between Political and Epistemic Virtues, Prijić-Samaržija defends the view which places emphasis on the necessity of epistemic justification of democracy. In this paper, I will discuss her criticism of epistemic proceduralism, which can be considered major contemporary framework for epistemic justification of democracy. Within the framework of epistemic proceduralism, for justifying democracy and democratic authority it is necessary to take into account both political and epistemic values. Nevertheless, Prijić-Samaržija thinks that epistemic proceduralism is not sufficiently epistemic and that it reduces epistemic to political values. I shall argue that epistemic proceduralism can be defended from this kind of criticism.
Keywords
Democracy; truth; correctness; legitimacy; democratic authority; epistemic proceduralism.
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253653
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Publication date:
14.7.2020.
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