Rethinking Expertise by Harry Collins (English) Paperback Book

Description: Rethinking Expertise by Harry Collins, Robert Evans What does it mean to be an expert? This book offers a fresh perspective on the role of expertise in the practice of science and the public evaluation of technology. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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 technology before there is consensus in the scientific community? This book has wide implications for public policy and for those who seek to understand science and benefit from it."Starts to lay the groundwork for solving a critical problem—how to restore the force of technical scientific information in public controversies, without importing disguised political agendas."—Nature"A rich and detailed periodic table of expertise . . . full of case studies, anecdotes and intriguing experiments."—Times Higher Education Supplement (UK) Author Biography Harry Collins is distinguished research professor of sociology and director of the Center for the Study of Knowledge, Expertise, and Science at Cardiff University. He is the author of, most recently, Gravitys Shadow and, with Trevor Pinch, Dr. Golem, both published by the University of Chicago Press. Robert Evans is a reader in sociology at the Cardiff School of Social Sciences. Table of Contents List of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction Why Expertise? Chapter 1 The Periodic Table of Expertises: Ubiquitous and Specialist Expertises Chapter 2 The Periodic Table of Expertises: Meta-expertises and Meta-criteria Chapter 3 Investigating Interactional Expertise and Embodiment Chapter 4 The Color-Blindness and Perfect Pitch Experiments Chapter 5 New Demarcation Criteria Conclusion Science, the Citizen, and the Role of Social Science Appendix Waves of Science Studies Bibliography Index Review "Starts to lay the groundwork for solving a critical problem - how to restore the force of technical scientific information in public controversies, without importing disguised political agendas." - Nature "A rich and detailed periodic table of expertise... full of case studies, anecdotes and intriguing experiments." - Times Higher Education" Review Quote "What makes an expert an expert? The answer has often been epistemologically grounded. Experts were experts because they possessed special training, methods, and analytical strategies that better enabled them to be in the truth relative to lay reasoners. However, in the wake of science and technology studies, postmodern theory, and a growing distrust of expert assessments, such a realist treatment of expertise seems epistemologically flawed and politically naive. Collins (Cardiff Univ.) and Evans (Cardiff School of Social Science) seek to provide an account of expertise that does not fall victim to a postmodern leveling of all distinctions between the expert and nonexpert in terms of the traditional version of expertise described above. To accomplish this new sociology of expertise, the authors put forward what they refer to as the Periodic Table of Expertise. The Table differentiates between different types of expertise and the contexts in which these types are most useful and effective. Such an approach grounds expertise not in its special methodological features but in the tacit, socialized knowledge that individuals gain as members of specialized groups. The authors believe this approach can lead to a new way of sorting out the contributions experts make to decision making in society."-Choice Details ISBN0226113612 Author Robert Evans Short Title RETHINKING EXPERTISE Language English ISBN-10 0226113612 ISBN-13 9780226113616 Media Book Format Paperback Illustrations Yes Year 2009 Imprint University of Chicago Press Place of Publication Chicago, IL Country of Publication United States Residence WLK UK Release Date 2009-03-01 AU Release Date 2009-03-01 NZ Release Date 2009-03-01 US Release Date 2009-03-01 Pages 176 Publisher The University of Chicago Press Publication Date 2009-03-01 DEWEY 507.2 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161779669;

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