Umfang:
Online-Ressource (159 p)
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ill
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24 cm
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0226113604
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9780226113609
Inhalt:
What does it mean to be an expert? In Rethinking Expertise, Harry Collins and Robert Evans offer a radical new perspective on the role of expertise in the practice of science and the public evaluation of technology.Collins and Evans present a Periodic Table of Expertises based on the idea of tacit knowledge-knowledge that we have but cannot explain. They then look at how some expertises are used to judge others, how laypeople judge between experts, and how credentials are used to evaluate them. Throughout, Collins and Evans ask an important question: how can the public make use of science and
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-153) and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Rethinking Expertise
Sprache:
Englisch
