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<p>Democracy’s current crisis includes erosions in both its epistemic and participatory dimensions. In my paper, I present two related responses usually given to it and explore their mutual relation. On the one hand, many authors argue that we should address the phenomenon of post-truth and its negative effects on democratic politics by cultivating citizens’ digital education as well encouraging civic engagement in the search for truth. On the other hand, many authors defend the need of participatory initiatives as a way of bringing citizens to appropriate democratic institutions. Drawing on an analysis of the interaction between epistemic and participatory norms, I argue that the potential of participatory initiatives can be jeopardized by the epistemological assumptions underlying the current so-called ‘battle’ against post-truth. Instead of reducing citizens’ basic epistemic roles as critical receivers of information and knowledge aggregators, I argue that we should rather promote cooperative epistemologies, which ensure that citizens cultivate the necessary conditions to sustain and expand projects of political participation.</p>

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Should we merely become editors? A democratic argument for promoting epistemic cooperation

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    2026年2月10日

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  • Just Serrano-Zamora

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Democracy’s current crisis includes erosions in both its epistemic and participatory dimensions. In my paper, I present two related responses usually given to it and explore their mutual relation. On the one hand, many authors argue that we should address the phenomenon of post-truth and its negative effects on democratic politics by cultivating citizens’ digital education as well encouraging civic engagement in the search for truth. On the other hand, many authors defend the need of participatory initiatives as a way of bringing citizens to appropriate democratic institutions. Drawing on an analysis of the interaction between epistemic and participatory norms, I argue that the potential of participatory initiatives can be jeopardized by the epistemological assumptions underlying the current so-called ‘battle’ against post-truth. Instead of reducing citizens’ basic epistemic roles as critical receivers of information and knowledge aggregators, I argue that we should rather promote cooperative epistemologies, which ensure that citizens cultivate the necessary conditions to sustain and expand projects of political participation.