Democracy Incentivizes Bullshit
From Weak Incentives to Epistemic Crises
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21745317 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jimmy Alfonso Licon (0000-0001-9451-291X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Pages | 113-126 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Philosophy Today (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1543-4044 • E-ISSN: 2153-9448 |
| Publisher | Philosophy Documentation Center (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5840/socphiltoday202485112 |
| OpenAlex | W4401433849 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Democracies face an epistemic crisis: incentivizing bullshit. Here “bullshit”—coined by philosopher Harry Frankfurt—means convincing truth-insensitive statements or claims. This paper focuses on several democratic factors that incentivize bullshit: deliberative transparency, epistemic spillover effects, and rational irrationality. These factors pollute the epistemic commons, decrease institutional trust, and enact epistemic injustice. Unfortunately, it is difficult to separate democratic governance from incentivizing bullshit
Democracy · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Philosophy · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |