2018
DOI: 10.1111/phc3.12497
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Epistemic approaches to deliberative democracy

Abstract: This article offers a comprehensive review of the major theoretical issues and findings of the epistemic approaches to deliberative democracy. Section 2 surveys the norms and ideals of deliberative democracy in relation to deliberation's ability to "track the truth." Section 3 examines the conditions under which deliberative minipublics can "track the truth." Section 4 discusses how "truth-tracking" deliberative democracy is possible through the division of epistemic labor in a deliberative system.

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“…In addition, prior research emphasizes the epistemic goals of deliberation ("truth-tracking") as a new standard of deliberation (e.g. Min & Wong 2018). It should be noted that deliberation does not refer to ordinary everyday discussions.…”
Section: Roots In the Ideals Of Deliberative Democracy And Deliberati...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In addition, prior research emphasizes the epistemic goals of deliberation ("truth-tracking") as a new standard of deliberation (e.g. Min & Wong 2018). It should be noted that deliberation does not refer to ordinary everyday discussions.…”
Section: Roots In the Ideals Of Deliberative Democracy And Deliberati...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…To recall, the quality of epistemic deliberation refers to the ability of the group to reach a good epistemic outcome. This epistemic standard refers to an external standard, like truth or correctness (see Estlund & Landemore, 2018;Min & Wong, 2018). Here, the quality of the deliberation does not depend on the quality of the arguments per se; rather, it derives from the ability of the group to identify the correct result.…”
Section: Completely Theorized Agreements and The Paradoxmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The paper is interested in the unique epistemic or problem-solving value of democratic deliberation, and particularly the benefits it may derive from its diversity. While many have pointed to the capacity of deliberation to pool information or correct bias and logical fallacies, it is often diversity which is thought to provide inclusive and democratic forms of deliberation with benefits not possessed by more exclusive and non-democratic alternatives (Bohman 2006;Landemore 2013b;Min and Wong 2018;Rawls 1971). The task for such approaches, however, is to provide a precise explanation of how diversity produces epistemic benefits which goes beyond vague appeals to the advantages of 'different views' or 'ways of thinking', and to show these benefits to be realised with respect to the realities and complexities of political problems.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%