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epistemic democracy: a standalone construct

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Political philosophy

the view that democratic procedures are justified partly because they tend to track correct answers about the common good.

In political philosophy, epistemic democracy refers to the view that democratic procedures are justified partly because they tend to track correct answers about the common good. This meaning comes from Cohen (1986) in Ethics.[1]

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Cohen, J. (1986). An Epistemic Conception of Democracy. Ethics, 97(1), 26-38. https://doi.org/10.1086/292815

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