Scientific Library of Tomsk State University

   E-catalog        

Normal view MARC view

John Stuart Mill and epistemic democracy Ivan Cerovac.

By: Cerovac, Ivan, 1946-Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham, Maryland Lexington Books, [2022]Description: 1 online resourceISBN: 179363677X; 9781793636775Subject(s): Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873 | Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873 | Democracy -- Philosophy | Democracy -- PhilosophyGenre/Form: EBSCO eBooks | Electronic books. DDC classification: 321.8 LOC classification: JC423Online resources: EBSCOhost
Contents:
Introduction -- Two criteria: Education and competence -- The epistemic value of political conflict -- Democracy and the quality of political outcomes -- Political representation and filtering mechanisms -- Plural voting proposal -- The epistemic role of partisanship -- Filtering mechanisms and antipaternalism -- Conclusion.
Summary: "This book characterizes Mill as a political instrumentalist and an epistemic democrat, analyzing the epistemic arguments he uses to support his political proposals. Exploring his endeavor to resolve the conflict between political and epistemic values, it sets the epistemic criteria as a basis for unifying Mill's political thought"-- Provided by publisher.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
No physical items for this record

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Two criteria: Education and competence -- The epistemic value of political conflict -- Democracy and the quality of political outcomes -- Political representation and filtering mechanisms -- Plural voting proposal -- The epistemic role of partisanship -- Filtering mechanisms and antipaternalism -- Conclusion.

"This book characterizes Mill as a political instrumentalist and an epistemic democrat, analyzing the epistemic arguments he uses to support his political proposals. Exploring his endeavor to resolve the conflict between political and epistemic values, it sets the epistemic criteria as a basis for unifying Mill's political thought"-- Provided by publisher.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.
Share