Experts and Consensus in Social Science

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Martini, Carlo (Editor), Boumans, Marcel (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Ethical Economy, Studies in Economic Ethics and Philosophy, 50
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Philosophy and social sciences.; Economic history.; Social sciences.; Philosophy of the Social Sciences.; Methodology/History of Economic Thought.; Methodology of the Social Sciences.

This book brings together the research of philosophers and social scientists. It examines those areas of scientific practice where reliance on the subjective judgment of experts and practitioners is the main source of useful knowledge to address, and, possibly, bring solutions to social problems. A...