Comparative standard in institutional epistemology
Which epistemic value is the standard according to which we ought to compare, assess and design institutional arrangements in terms of their epistemic properties? Two main options are agent development (in terms of individual epistemic virtues or capabilities) and attainment of truth. The o...
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| description | Which epistemic value is the standard according to which we ought to compare,
assess and design institutional arrangements in terms of their epistemic
properties? Two main options are agent development (in terms of individual
epistemic virtues or capabilities) and attainment of truth. The options are
presented through two authoritative contemporary accounts-agent development
by Robert Talisse’s understanding in Democracy and Moral Conflict (2009) and
attainment of truth by David Estlund’s treatment, most prominently in
Democratic Authority: A Philosophical Framework (2008). Both options are
shown to be unsatisfactory because they are subject to problematic risk of
suboptimal epistemic state lock-in. The ability of the social epistemic
system to revise suboptimal epistemic states is argued to be the best option
for a comparative standard in institutional epistemology. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f543d23e46c44a54bbb7e75985deb44b2022-12-21T18:38:36ZdeuInstitute for Philosophy and Social Theory, BelgradeFilozofija i Društvo0353-57382334-85772019-01-0130341843010.2298/FID1903418Z0353-57381903418ZComparative standard in institutional epistemologyZubčić Marko-Luka0University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Rijeka, CroatiaWhich epistemic value is the standard according to which we ought to compare, assess and design institutional arrangements in terms of their epistemic properties? Two main options are agent development (in terms of individual epistemic virtues or capabilities) and attainment of truth. The options are presented through two authoritative contemporary accounts-agent development by Robert Talisse’s understanding in Democracy and Moral Conflict (2009) and attainment of truth by David Estlund’s treatment, most prominently in Democratic Authority: A Philosophical Framework (2008). Both options are shown to be unsatisfactory because they are subject to problematic risk of suboptimal epistemic state lock-in. The ability of the social epistemic system to revise suboptimal epistemic states is argued to be the best option for a comparative standard in institutional epistemology.http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0353-5738/2019/0353-57381903418Z.pdfinstitutional designdivision of cognitive labourpragmatismknowledge governanceepistemic performancesocial epistemic systems |
| spellingShingle | Zubčić Marko-Luka Comparative standard in institutional epistemology Filozofija i Društvo institutional design division of cognitive labour pragmatism knowledge governance epistemic performance social epistemic systems |
| title | Comparative standard in institutional epistemology |
| title_full | Comparative standard in institutional epistemology |
| title_fullStr | Comparative standard in institutional epistemology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comparative standard in institutional epistemology |
| title_short | Comparative standard in institutional epistemology |
| title_sort | comparative standard in institutional epistemology |
| topic | institutional design division of cognitive labour pragmatism knowledge governance epistemic performance social epistemic systems |
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