Epistemic democracy is a political philosophy or theory that emphasizes the cognitive aspect of democratic political practice, “Truth-tracking Tendencies,” as a value of “democracy,” and claims to justify democracy on this basis. It is a political philosophy or theory that emphasizes the cognitive aspect of “Truth-tracking Tendencies” in democratic political practice as a value of democracy and argues for the justification of democracy on this basis.

1: Does democratic decision-making contribute to getting closer to the truth?”

  • The validity of this claim is problematic because cognitive democracy proposes that democratic procedures have a “propensity to approach truth.

2: Do you accept the importance that cognitive democracy places on “truth” and “correctness of conclusions” as an aspect of democracy’s defense and justification?

  • When defending or justifying democracy, there are two major factions.

    • One is a proceduralist, arguing that the procedural fairness of the democratic decision-making process justifies

    • The other is an instrumentalist, who, apart from the democratic decision-making process, values the success of the outcome and argues that this justifies democracy.

procedural fairness of the decision-making process

  • If you focus only on fair procedure, it’s no different than tossing a coin.


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