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Peter, Fabienne (2007) Democratic legitimacy and proceduralist social epistemology. Politics, Philosophy & Economics, Vol.6 (No.3). pp. 329-353. doi:10.1177/1470594X07081303 ISSN 1470-594X.
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Abstract
A conception of legitimacy is at the core of normative theories of democracy. Many different conceptions of legitimacy have been put forward, either explicitly or implicitly. In this article, I shall first provide a taxonomy of conceptions of legitimacy that can be identified in contemporary democratic theory. The taxonomy covers both aggregative and deliberative democracy. I then argue for a conception of democratic legitimacy that takes the epistemic dimension of public deliberation seriously. In contrast to standard interpretations of epistemic democracy, however, the conception I put forward avoids procedure-independent standards of correctness. Instead, it relies on a procedural social epistemology and defines legitimacy entirely in terms of the fairness of procedures. I call this conception of democratic legitimacy `Pure Epistemic Proceduralism'. I shall argue that it should be preferred over `Rational Epistemic Proceduralism', the conception of legitimacy that underlies the standard interpretation of epistemic democracy.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Politics, Philosophy & Economics | ||||
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 1470-594X | ||||
Official Date: | 2007 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.6 | ||||
Number: | No.3 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 329-353 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1177/1470594X07081303 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
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