Reflective judgment and enlarged thinking online |
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| Authors: | May Thorseth |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Philosophy, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway |
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| Abstract: | This paper deals with forms of communication aiming at a better informed public or publics. The main idea is that democratic
societies are dependent on toleration of a plurality of publics, and simultaneously there is a need for communication between
the different publics. The ethos underlying this assumption is that democracy requires a transcendence of subjective conditions
in order for the public(s) to gain legitimacy and recognition of opinions. Validity of opinions presupposes a public aspect
that is available through communication. More specifically, the validity in question is obtained through its claim on universality
– i.e. the transcendence of purely private subjective conditions. This kind of validity is found in reflective judgment or
enlarged thinking, as displayed in Kant’s third critique. In the last part of the paper it is discussed how new information
technologies and the internet may contribute positively to facilitate modes of communication that are associated with the
particularity at work in reflective thinking. Storytelling technologies and virtual realities are of particular interest in
envisaging how this might work. |
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| Keywords: | enlarged thought reflective judgment in Kant virtual and possible judgment online |
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