Dewey often uses the term faith to refer to democracy as he envisions it. To many, however, the t... more Dewey often uses the term faith to refer to democracy as he envisions it. To many, however, the term faith might appear as lacking sufficient epistemic grounds. My goal is to demonstrate that Dewey's faith-based justification of democracy in fact renders itself to empirical testing. Moreover, if the empirical underpinnings of Dewey's faith are teased out sufficiently enough, then the term faith can be safely replaced by what we can call a justified belief. In order to suggest a potential avenue for such a replacement, I will draw upon Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber's argumentation theory, which posits that from an evolutionary perspective human reasoning has evolved for the purpose of communication. By drawing on insights from their theory, I will subsequently advance an evolutionary argument for Dewey's democratic theory .
Dewey often uses the term faith to refer to democracy as he envisions it. To many, however, the t... more Dewey often uses the term faith to refer to democracy as he envisions it. To many, however, the term faith might appear as lacking sufficient epistemic grounds. My goal is to demonstrate that Dewey's faith-based justification of democracy in fact renders itself to empirical testing. Moreover, if the empirical underpinnings of Dewey's faith are teased out sufficiently enough, then the term faith can be safely replaced by what we can call a justified belief. In order to suggest a potential avenue for such a replacement, I will draw upon Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber's argumentation theory, which posits that from an evolutionary perspective human reasoning has evolved for the purpose of communication. By drawing on insights from their theory, I will subsequently advance an evolutionary argument for Dewey's democratic theory .
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