Abstract

The epistemic structure of society, with its division of epistemic and cognitive labour, can help us deal with the citizenry incompetence threat that many contemporary conceptions of democracy suffer as long as a certain intellectual character is possessed by the citizens.

Details

Title
Citizenry incompetence and the epistemic structure of society
Author
De Brasi, Leandro
Pages
201-212
Section
Articles
Publication year
2018
Publication date
Sep-Dec 2018
Publisher
Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - UNISINOS, Editoria de Periódicos Científicos
ISSN
15195023
e-ISSN
19848234
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2167773094
Copyright
© 2018. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.