TY - BOOK ID - 5449357 TI - Experts in science and society AU - Kurz-Milcke, Elke AU - Gigerenzer, Gerd PY - 2004 SN - 0306479648 0306479036 9780306479038 PB - New York : Plenum Publishers, DB - UniCat KW - Consultants -- Social aspects. KW - Electronic books. -- local. KW - Science and state. KW - Science consultants. KW - Science consultants KW - Consultants KW - Science and state KW - Sciences - General KW - Physical Sciences & Mathematics KW - Social aspects KW - Social aspects. KW - Physics. KW - Science. KW - Philosophy and science. KW - Science KW - Sociology. KW - Clinical psychology. KW - Societal Aspects of Physics. KW - Science, general. KW - Sociology, general. KW - Clinical Psychology. KW - Philosophy of Science. KW - Science advisors KW - Science policy KW - State and science KW - State, The KW - Advisors KW - Specialists KW - Government policy KW - Psychology, clinical. KW - Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education. KW - Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary. KW - Philosophy. KW - Normal science KW - Philosophy of science KW - Science—Social aspects. KW - Science and philosophy KW - Psychiatry KW - Psychology, Applied KW - Psychological tests KW - Social theory KW - Social sciences UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5449357 AB - 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. ER -