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Do democracies need knOWLedge?

The Digital Scholar: Philosopher's Lab, 2020
This paper serves to review the book Why Democracies Need Science, written by Harry Collins and Robert Evans. Of particular interest to this paper is the institution of The Owls, which Collins and Evans propose in their text. A theme which is present throughout the book, a theme which Collins and Evans seek to work through is that of post-truth; the ...
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Democracy and knowledge in ancient Greece

2021
Ancient philosophers were often critical of the epistemic features of democratic institutions. In this chapter, I first offer a critical review of the principal institutions of Athenian democracy. I then clarify what I take to be Plato’s central argument against democracy, which turns upon its epistemic failings.
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Towards Knowledge Democracy

2010
The concept of knowledge democracy is meant to enable a new focus on the relationships between knowledge production and dissemination, the functioning of the media and our democratic institutions. The emerging concept of knowledge democracy moreover obliges us to realise that the institutional frameworks of today’s societies may appear to be deficient ...
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No (e-)Democracy Without (e-)Knowledge

2005
Citizens have never had complete and up-to-date information on all the laws, regulations and opportunities that concern them. Although the law does not excuse ignorance, information-publishing techniques, usually Official Gazettes on paper, make effective knowledge and awareness virtually impossible. One of the greatest opportunities of e-government is
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Epistemic democracy: beyond knowledge exploitation

Philosophical Studies, 2017
This essay criticizes the current approach to epistemic democracy. Epistemic democrats are preoccupied with the question of how a society can best exploit a given stock of knowledge. This article argues that the problem-solving capability of a society depends on two factors rather than one. The quality of decision-making depends both on how a democracy
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Democracy, Consequences, and Social Knowledge

2012
This chapter outlines a theory of a central function of social governance and an important function of democracy—assessing consequences of social policy—that underlies the need to create social knowledge. It argues that democracies work more effectively when basic social knowledge is more widely shared, because at election time citizens must rely on ...
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Knowledge and democracy

2020
Silvia Edling, Geraldine Mooney Simmie
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The effect of COVID‐19 lockdowns on political support: Some good news for democracy?

European Journal of Political Research, 2021
Damien Bol, Marco Giani, André Blais
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Economic growth, renewable energy consumption, and ecological footprint: Exploring the role of environmental regulations and democracy in sustainable development

Sustainable Development, 2022
Zahoor Ahmed, Mahmood Ahmad, Husam Rjoub
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Making design knowledge democracy happen

2020
This paper’s objective is to envision new design teaching and learning systems, offering a vision through the exploration of a model based on the “Research Through Co-Design” (RTC) theory, in order to understand how the model and the related perspectives can improve future design education experiences whilst encompassing equal, peaceful and inclusive ...
Daniele Busciantella Ricci, Sofia Scataglini   +1 more
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