Articles by Erik Liam Severson

August 6, 2022

🦋 Collecting the butterflies of democracy with Ludwig Wittgenstein

Erik Liam Severson

Defining ‘democracy’ has proven to be an arduous task, but Erik Liam Severson asks whether we need a definitive definition. He finds that the work of Ludwig Wittgenstein can offer support for the project, but indicates the value of having an open, rather than total, texture and definition of democracy

Erik Liam Severson

PhD Student, University of British Columbia

Erik is broadly interested in the relationship between the philosophy of language and political theory.

Specifically, he studies the way language constructs our social world(s) and the implications of this for democratic systems.

He tweets @eseverso33

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