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Author:   Hana Samaržija ,  Quassim Cassam (University of Warwick, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.771kg
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9781032317250

ISBN 10:   1032317256
Pages:   324
Publication Date:   03 April 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction: What the Epistemology of Democracy Is All About Hana Samaržija Part I: Democratic Pessimism 1. Sexy but Wrong: Diversity Theorem Defenses of Democracy Jason Brennan 2. A Belated Failure: Condorcet in Contemporary Epistemic Conditions Hana Samaržija 3. Social Epistemic Miserliness: Populism against Democracy Nenad Miščević 4. Critical Thinking and Trusting Experts in Real-life Democracies Snježana Prijić Samaržija 5. The Dangers of Disinformation Åsa Wikforss Part II: Democratic Optimism 6. The Politics of Resentment: Hope, Mistrust, and Polarisation Alessandra Tanesini 7. Against the Individual Virtue Approach in the Epistemology of Democracy Marko Luka Zubčić 8. Institutional Cynicism and Civic Virtue Ian James Kidd 9. Myside Bias in Individuals and Institutions Keith Stanovich 10. Listening for Epistemic Community Hanna Kiri Gunn Part III: Democratic Realism 11. Sensemaking, Empathy, and Democracy Quassim Cassam 12. Political Skepticism, Bias, and Epistemic Colonization Michael P. Lynch 13. Economic Inequalities and Epistemic Democracy Ivan Cerovac 14. What Political Enemies Are for Robert B. Talisse 15. Top-Down and Bottom-Up Solutions to the Problem of Political Ignorance Ilya Somin

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Hana Samaržija is a Ph.D. student in Philosophy at the University of Warwick. Her papers on countering epistemic injustice and seeking epistemically high-quality alternatives to democracy have been published in Social Epistemology and other academic journals as well as in the edited book The Philosophy of Fanaticism: Epistemic, Affective, and Political Dimensions (Routledge, 2022). Quassim Cassam is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick, an Honorary Fellow of Keble College, Oxford, and a Fellow of the British Academy.

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