Are you an expert? [Book Review]

Quarterly Review of Biology 83 (1):87-90 (2008)
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Scientists are, by any understanding of the term, experts. But what exactly is an expert, and on what grounds is the nonexpert going to decide whom to trust? Leave it to philosophers to ask such uncomfortable questions, and the volume edited by Selinger and Crease is an excellent starting point for this discussion.

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