Estlund on Epistocracy: A Critique.

An influential anti-democratic argument says: '(1) Answers to political questions are truth-apt. (2) A small elite only-the epistocrats-knows these truths. (3) If answers to political questions are truth-apt, then those with this knowledge about these matters should rule. (4) Thus, epistocrats shoul...

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Published in:	Res Publica (13564765) Vol. 18; no. 3; pp. 241 - 259
Main Author:	Lippert-Rasmussen, Kasper
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Aug2012
Subjects:	Theory of knowledge Estlund, David Democrats (United States) Justification (Theory of knowledge) Political knowledge Plural voting
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost