Philosophy, Expertise, and the Myth of Neutrality
In: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy Series
Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction: gripping with the myth of neutrality -- Part 1 Defining expertise -- 1 Trustworthy experts and untrustworthy experts: insights from the cognitive psychology of expertise -- 2 Covid-19 and denialism: a primer on cognitive psychology for science communicators and policymakers -- 3 Do we still need experts? -- 4 Hypocritical experts -- 5 The epistemic authority of practice -- Part 2 Expertise in action -- 6 Reimagining expertise and neutrality towards epistemic justice in research, clinical translation, and policy: a perspective from neuroethics -- 7 Expertise in action: insights from naturalistic decision making (NDM) -- 8 What the pandemic showed us about reason and values -- 9 The priests of the biomedical religion: against a flawed understanding of experts -- 10 Scarce resource allocation during infectious disease outbreaks: a communitarian perspective -- Part 3 Expertise and its values in the New World -- 11 Legal expertise and its subject matter within common law adjudication -- 12 The revolution of (neuroscience) experts in the courtroom? -- 13 When the politics of contextuality (can) subvert science: a case study of Australian women's perceptions of alcohol consumption and breast cancer risk -- 14 The post-truth challenge to expertise -- 15 Expertise for a New World: is bioarchaeology fit for purpose? -- List of Contributors -- Index.