Jamie Carlin Watson

Expertise: A Philosophical Introduction

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What does it mean to be an expert? What sort of authority do experts really have? And what role should they play in today's society?Addressing why ever larger segments of society are skeptical of what experts say, Expertise: A Philosophical Introduction reviews contemporary philosophical debates and introduces what an account of expertise needs to accomplish in order to be believed. Drawing on research from philosophers and sociologists, chapters explore widely held accounts of expertise and uncover their limitations, outlining a set of conceptual criteria a successful account of expertise should meet.By providing suggestions for how a philos… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-350-08383-7
EAN: 9781350083837
Produktnummer: 34622483
Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Seitenangabe: 272 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 1'054 KB

Über den Autor

Jamie Carlin Watson is Assistant Professor of Medical Humanities and Bioethics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), Little Rock, USA, and a clinical ethicist at UAMS and Arkansas Childrens' hospitals. He writes on social epistemology, expertise studies, and bioethics.