Abstract
What is a politics of reason? Often associated with the democratic search for truth, but also regularly criticized as a smokescreen to justify the government of experts, the idea of a politics of reason raises questions about both the ends it might serve, and the means it might invite. In the last century, a rationalist like Russell called for a politics that would embody the values and practices ideally at work in the scientific community. To what extent is this transfer possible, given that politics is always a matter of choice and uncertainty, and that reason is constantly confronted by passions and interests?
