Rethinking expertise / Harry Collins and Robert Evans.

  • Collins, H. M. (Harry M.), 1943-
Date:
2007
  • Books

About this work

Publication/Creation

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.

Physical description

xi, 159 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Contents

Introduction: Why expertise? -- The periodic table of expertises 1 : ubiquitous and specialist expertises -- The periodic table of expertises 2 : meta-expertises and meta-criteria -- Interactional expertise and embodiment -- Walking the talk: experiments on color blindness, perfect pitch, and gravitational waves -- New demarcation criteria -- Conclusion: science, the citizen, and the role of social science -- Appendix: waves of science studies.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-153) and index.

Languages

Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    AAB /COL
    Open shelves

Permanent link

Identifiers

ISBN

  • 9780226113609
  • 0226113604