Browsing SPS - Documents by Subject "Biases"
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Asymmetry, disagreement and biases: epistemic worries about expertise
(Social Epistemology;Volume 32, 2018 - Issue 6: Expertise and Expert Knowledge, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-12-03)This paper contributes to an on-going exchange in political theory on the normative legitimacy of expert bodies. It focuses on epistemic worries about the expertization of politics, and uses the Nordic system of advisory ... -
Epistemic democracy and the role of experts
(Contemporary Political Theory;December 2019, Volume 18, Issue 4, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-01-01)Epistemic democrats are rightly concerned with the quality of outcomes and judge democratic procedures in terms of their ability to ‘track the truth’. However, their impetus to assess ‘rule by experts’ and ‘rule by the ... -
Epistemic Worries about Economic Expertise
(Towards a Segmented European Political Order. The European Union's Post-crises Conundrum;, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2019-11-21)The focus of the chapter will be on this epistemic worry. We show that the substantive involvement of economic experts in policy-making raises some real epistemic concerns. However, we move beyond the uneasiness that many ...