Epistemic feature of democracy: the role of expert in democratic decision making
Abstract
In her book Democracy and Truth: The Conflict between Political and Epistemic Virtues, SnjeZana Prijid SamarZija advocates that a purely procedural justification which defines the authority and legitimacy of democracy only in relation to the fairness of the procedure itself is not enough for a full justification of democracy. Some epistemic values should also be included. This epistemic quality of democracy depends on the quality of the decisions that the democratic procedures produce. In that sense, the author is advocating a hybrid theory that secures harmony between political and epistemic values, favoring deliberative procedure for this purpose, and thus promotes equal respect for both democratic values. In doing so, she is advocating the specific type of division of epistemic labor that I will attempt to critically re-examine here, as well as to bring into question the privileged role of the experts in democratic decision-making.
Keywords:
epistemic democracy / deliberative democracy / cognitive diversity / bounded rationalitySource:
Filozofija i društvo, 2020, 31, 1, 37-42Publisher:
- Univerzitet u Beogradu - Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju, Beograd
Funding / projects:
- Logical-epistemological basis of metaphysics (RS-179067)
DOI: 10.2298/FID2001037J
ISSN: 0353-5738
WoS: 000522628500004
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85083211895
Institution/Community
Filozofija / PhilosophyTY - JOUR AU - Janković, Ivana PY - 2020 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3176 AB - In her book Democracy and Truth: The Conflict between Political and Epistemic Virtues, SnjeZana Prijid SamarZija advocates that a purely procedural justification which defines the authority and legitimacy of democracy only in relation to the fairness of the procedure itself is not enough for a full justification of democracy. Some epistemic values should also be included. This epistemic quality of democracy depends on the quality of the decisions that the democratic procedures produce. In that sense, the author is advocating a hybrid theory that secures harmony between political and epistemic values, favoring deliberative procedure for this purpose, and thus promotes equal respect for both democratic values. In doing so, she is advocating the specific type of division of epistemic labor that I will attempt to critically re-examine here, as well as to bring into question the privileged role of the experts in democratic decision-making. PB - Univerzitet u Beogradu - Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju, Beograd T2 - Filozofija i društvo T1 - Epistemic feature of democracy: the role of expert in democratic decision making EP - 42 IS - 1 SP - 37 VL - 31 DO - 10.2298/FID2001037J ER -
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Janković, I.. (2020). Epistemic feature of democracy: the role of expert in democratic decision making. in Filozofija i društvo Univerzitet u Beogradu - Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju, Beograd., 31(1), 37-42. https://doi.org/10.2298/FID2001037J
Janković I. Epistemic feature of democracy: the role of expert in democratic decision making. in Filozofija i društvo. 2020;31(1):37-42. doi:10.2298/FID2001037J .
Janković, Ivana, "Epistemic feature of democracy: the role of expert in democratic decision making" in Filozofija i društvo, 31, no. 1 (2020):37-42, https://doi.org/10.2298/FID2001037J . .