Beschreibung:
This book brings together philosophers, sociologist and policy experts to discuss the nature, scope and limitations of expert advice in policy decisions. The chapters collected here address some of the most fundamental questions in the debate on the role of experts.
1. Introduction: Ubiquitous Questions about Experts and Society 2. Believing to Belong: Addressing the Novice- Expert Problem in Polarized Scientific Communication 3. The Rightful Place of Expertise 4. Expertise, Agreement, and the Nature of Social Scientific Facts or: Against Epistocracy 5. Asymmetry, Disagreement and Biases: Epistemic Worries about Expertise 6. Towards a Balanced Account of Expertise 7. Expertise, Relevance and Types of Knowledge 8. Are Experts Right or are They Members of Expert Groups? 9. What Experts Could Not Be 10. For A Service Conception of Epistemic Authority: A Collective Approach 11. Can Novices Trust Themselves to Choose Trustworthy Experts? Reasons for (Reserved) Optimism 12. Why the Fence Is the Seat of Reason When Experts Disagree 13. Values and Objectivity in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change