Experts in Science and Society

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Kurz-Milcke, Elke (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Gigerenzer, Gerd (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2004.
• Θέματα: Physics.; Science.; Philosophy and science.; Science > Social aspects.; Sociology.; Clinical psychology.; Societal Aspects of Physics.; Science, general.; Sociology, general.; Clinical Psychology.; Philosophy of Science.

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 a...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Political Systems and the Experts They Support
• Scientists as Expert Advisors: Science Cultures Versus National Cultures?
• Experts’ Discourses as Judicial Drama or Bureaucratic Coordination: Family Debate in the United States and Germany
• The Integration of Social Science Expertise Into the Political Process: Did It Actually Happen?
• Socialist Legal Experts: A New Profession?
• Who Is Called Upon as Expert?
• Folklore Protection in Australia: Who Is Expert in Aboriginal Tradition?
• The Humane Expert: The Crisis of Modern Medicine During the Weimar Republic
• Expertise Not Wanted: The Case of the Criminal Law
• Air Pollution Control: Who Are the Experts?
• Experts, Redefined
• The Philosopher as Coach
• Who Decides the Worth of an Arm and a Leg? Assessing the Monetary Value of Nonmonetary Damage
• The Expert in a Historical Context: The Case of Venetian Politics
• Innovative Representations
• Mapping Urban Nature: Bio-Ecological Expertise and Urban Planning
• How to Improve the Diagnostic Inferences of Medical Experts
• Statistical Scientific Evidence and Expertise in the Courtroom
• The Authority of Representations.