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- Title
A Dialogue between Republicanism and the 'Republic of Science'.
- Authors
Lis, Rafał; Donohue, Christopher
- Abstract
In the present article, we argue that there can indeed be a dialogue between the political and philosophical theory of republicanism and between the philosophy of science. We argue that although there exists an apparent conceptual and historical gap between the philosophy of science and theories of republicanism, that gap can be breached, we argue through an attention to conceptions of elitism in republicanism, focusing on the work of Madison and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. We also contend, though in a preliminary, often provocative way, that the issue of elitism in republican theory can benefit from a dialogue with the philosophy of science-especially the "negative epistemology" of Karl Popper and his students, Ian Jarvie and Joseph Agassi. Such a dialogue is possible because Popper's philosophy proposes a solution to the problem of elitism in epistemology and in politics.
- Subjects
REPUBLICANISM; POLITICAL philosophy; ELITISM
- Publication
Acta Politologica, 2018, Vol 10, Issue 2, p69
- ISSN
1804-1302
- Publication type
Article