Experts, public policy, and the question of trust

Abstract

This chapter discusses the topics of trust and expertise from the perspective of political epistemology. In particular, it addresses four main questions: (§2) How should we characterize experts and their expertise? (§3) How can non-experts recognize a reliable expert? (§4) What does it take for non-experts to trust experts? (§5) What problems impede trust in experts?

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