Articles by John Capps

June 20, 2022

🦋 The open texture of democracy

John Capps

Democracy comes in lots of different flavours. How do we make sense of this? Is having all these meanings a feature or a bug? John Capps suggests that the idea of 'open texture' can help us better understand democratic theory and practice

John Capps

Professor, Department of Philosophy, Rochester Institute of Technology

John's research and teaching focus on epistemology (especially theories of truth), pragmatism, and the history of 20th century philosophy.

www.johncapps.net

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