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Experts in Science and Society

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  • © 2004

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Editors:
  1. Elke Kurz-Milcke

    1. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

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  2. Gerd Gigerenzer

    1. Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  4. Experts, Redefined

    1. The Philosopher as Coach

      • Andreas Føllesdal
      Pages 181-199

    2. Who Decides the Worth of an Arm and a Leg? Assessing the Monetary Value of Nonmonetary Damage

      • Fenna H. Poletiek, Carel J. J. M. Stolker
      Pages 201-213

    3. The Expert in a Historical Context: The Case of Venetian Politics

      • Achim Landwehr
      Pages 215-228

  5. Innovative Representations

    1. Mapping Urban Nature: Bio-Ecological Expertise and Urban Planning

      • Jens Lachmund
      Pages 231-248

    2. How to Improve the Diagnostic Inferences of Medical Experts

      • Ulrich Hoffrage, Gerd Gigerenzer
      Pages 249-268

    3. Statistical Scientific Evidence and Expertise in the Courtroom

      • Samuel Lindsey
      Pages 269-279

    4. The Authority of Representations

      • Elke Kurz-Milcke
      Pages 281-301

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 303-314
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About this book

In today's complex world, we have come to rely increasingly on those who have expertise in specific areas and can bring their knowledge to bear on crucial social, political and scientific questions. Taking the viewpoint that experts are consulted when there is something important at stake for an individual, a group, or society at large, Experts in Science and Society explores expertise as a relational concept. How do experts balance their commitment to science with that to society? How does a society actually determine that a person has expertise? What personal traits are valued in an expert? From where does the expert derive authority? What makes new forms of expertise emerge? These and related questions are addressed from a wide range of areas in order to be inclusive, as well as to demonstrate similarities across areas. Likewise, in order to be culturally comparative, this volume includes examples and discussions of experts in different countries and even in different time periods. The topics include the roles of political experts, scientific experts, medical experts, legal experts, and more.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

    Elke Kurz-Milcke

  • Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany

    Gerd Gigerenzer

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