The aim of this issue of the present journal is to collect a variety of points of view on the topics of experts and expertise, with a special focus on the following issues: - what experts are, and what the criteria are for individuating them; - how expert cognition differs from layperson cognition in specific domains; - whether and to what extent it is rational to trust experts, provided that we cannot assess their competence; - how it is correct to characterize experts’ disagreement, and what we are to do when experts disagree.
Experts and Expertise Interdisciplinary Issues
LALUMERA, ELISABETTA;
2015
Abstract
The aim of this issue of the present journal is to collect a variety of points of view on the topics of experts and expertise, with a special focus on the following issues: - what experts are, and what the criteria are for individuating them; - how expert cognition differs from layperson cognition in specific domains; - whether and to what extent it is rational to trust experts, provided that we cannot assess their competence; - how it is correct to characterize experts’ disagreement, and what we are to do when experts disagree.File in questo prodotto:
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