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#727 Robert Talisse: Political Philosophy, Pragmatism, Democracy, and Liberalism

The Dissenter

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Is There a Cognitive State in Politics?

David Frum: There are different kinds of things we call ignorance, different kinds of cognitive state that are called ignorance. He says politicians play on the sites of ignorance in ways that stimulate voters to go cast a vote in your favor. Frum: Ignorant of the three branches of government, just like the first guy, does not seem to me to be in the same state Of ignorance as the first guy.

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