Inclusivity and dense connectivity: tensions between two democratic ideals<\/b><\/p>\n
Catarina Dutilh Novaes (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)<\/p>\n
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2o September 2024, 16:00 (Lisbon Time \u2013 WET)<\/p>\n
Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa<\/p>\n
Sala Mattos Rom\u00e3o [C201.J] (Departamento de Filosofia)<\/p>\n
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Abstract:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/b>Two widely discussed\u00a0liberal democratic ideals are\u00a0inclusivity<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0dense connectivity<\/i> (to ensure extensive interaction among citizens). Inclusivity is a foundational democratic value, based on the idea that all those who are affected by political decisions should have a say on public matters. Dense connectivity as an ideal is reflected in the influential Millian desideratum that all arguments and ideas should receive equal consideration in an epistemic community. In a community where dissenting voices are not heard, dead dogma is likely to prevail, as received opinions are not suitably challenged. By contrast, if arguments and ideas are exposed to the widest range of objections and counterarguments, then the \u2018better arguments\u2019 will prevail\u2014or so claims the Millian. In this talk, I argue that the properties of inclusivity and dense connectivity are in fact in\u00a0tension<\/i>\u00a0with each other. I highlight two such tensions, with conceptual tools borrowed from network epistemology and the epistemology of attention: the problem of\u00a0scale<\/i>, and the problem of\u00a0(in)tolerance<\/i>\u00a0(drawing on Popper\u2019s paradox of tolerance). The tensions between these two ideals suggest that they cannot be simultaneously fully achieved; I argue that privileging inclusivity over dense connectivity is to be preferred to safeguard democratic institutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Inclusivity and dense connectivity: tensions between two democratic ideals Catarina Dutilh Novaes (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) 2o September 2024, 16:00 (Lisbon Time \u2013 WET) Faculdade de Letras de Lisboa Sala Mattos Rom\u00e3o [C201.J] (Departamento de Filosofia) Abstract:\u00a0Two widely discussed\u00a0liberal democratic ideals are\u00a0inclusivity\u00a0and\u00a0dense connectivity (to ensure extensive interaction among citizens). Inclusivity is a foundational democratic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"federate","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cful.demiurgos.eu\/lancog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cful.demiurgos.eu\/lancog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cful.demiurgos.eu\/lancog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cful.demiurgos.eu\/lancog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cful.demiurgos.eu\/lancog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1856"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cful.demiurgos.eu\/lancog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1857,"href":"https:\/\/cful.demiurgos.eu\/lancog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1856\/revisions\/1857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cful.demiurgos.eu\/lancog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cful.demiurgos.eu\/lancog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cful.demiurgos.eu\/lancog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}