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expert testimony
Also known as: expert testimonies
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Epistemological Problems of Testimony plato.stanford.edu Apr 1, 2021 7 facts
referenceGoldberg (2009) discusses how expert testimony influences the semantics of technical terms, linking epistemology and the philosophy of language.
referenceKitcher (1993), Walton (1997), Brewer (1998), and Golanski (2001) discuss expert testimony within scientific settings.
claimAlani Golanski argued in 2001 that legal scholars misunderstand the Daubert standard for expert testimony because they fail to account for the contextualist nature of law's epistemology.
referenceWells and Olson (2003) discuss expert testimony within legal settings.
claimEpistemologists investigate the distinction between expert and novice testimony, as well as the possibility and nature of group testimony.
referenceHardwig (1985) provides a seminal paper discussing expert testimony in general.
referenceAlvin Goldman (2001) discusses methods for determining which experts to trust when there is disagreement among them.
The Role of Epistemic Communities and Expert Testimonies in ... academia.edu 3 facts
claimExpert testimonies are foundational to knowledge acquisition and belief justification in social epistemology.
claimPhilosophers categorize groups of excellent knowers as 'epistemic communities' and classify the knowledge they provide as 'expert testimonies'.
claimExpert testimony significantly enhances the probability of forming true beliefs because individuals rely on the specialized knowledge and judgments of experts to navigate complex information.
Epistemology | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 1 fact
claimForming beliefs based on expert testimony is likely to yield true beliefs, whereas forming beliefs based on the testimony of compulsive liars is not.
Social epistemology - Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy rep.routledge.com 1 fact
claimSocial epistemologists have extensively studied testimony, expert testimony, and peer disagreement.