Epistemic Rationality in Political Theory
https://doi.org/10.25205/2541-7517-2021-19-3-44-54
Abstract
The paper presents a brief analysis of the procedural approach towards constructing liberal political conceptions of justice and democracy. Treatment of J. Rawls’s evolution shows the negative consequences of abandoning external substantive criteria for theory evaluation, including efficiency, justification, truth. It also offers justification for the “epistemic turn” in contemporary political theory. The return of classical epistemological set of tools will help to strengthen the justification and legitimation of philosophical and political conceptions of justice and democracy by overcoming the key limitations of the procedural approach.
Keywords
epistemology,
knowledge,
justification,
truth,
procedural approach,
epistemic turn,
justice,
J. Rawls
About the Author
A. A. Shevchenko
Institute of Philosophy and Law of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alexander A. Shevchenko, Doctor of Sciences (Philosophy) Leading Researcher
Novosibirsk
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Shevchenko A.A. Epistemic Rationality in Political Theory. Siberian Journal of Philosophy. 2021;19(3):44-54. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25205/2541-7517-2021-19-3-44-54
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