Knowledge Without Expertise: On the Status of Scientists (SUNY series in Science, Technology, and Society) - Hardcover

Sassower, Raphael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0791414817 ISBN 13: 9780791414811

Verlag: State University of New York Press, 1993

Inhaltsangabe

This book critically examines the reliance of society on experts, specifically attacking the notion of the privilege of scientific expertise and defining the politics of this intellectual discourse. The extensive case material illustrates the consequences of claims of expert knowledge. Sassower questions the perception that scientific controversies are focused on epistemological concerns and demonstrates how the debates are often politically motivated. He proposes pedagogical models that would enhance the critical tools of the public - of citizens who must continuously scrutinize the positions of experts and their knowledge claims.

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Raphael Sassower is Chair of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: State University of New York Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1993
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0791414817
• ISBN 13: 9780791414811
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 158
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