Expertise and Epistemology

Philosophy in the Contemporary World 9 (2):69-74 (2002)
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The purpose of this paper is to explore whether laypersons can competently evaluate the specialized claims offered by experts. Since it is a lack of knowledge about a subject area that makes someone a layperson with respect to that area, the layperson may be unable to understand and assess what an expert knows.

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10.5840/pcw20029220

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