What is an expert?
- 1 March 1993
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics
- Vol. 14 (1), 57-73
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00993988
Abstract
Experts play an important role in society, but there has been little investigation about the nature of expertise. I argue that there are two kinds of experts: those whose expertise is a function of what theyknow (epistemic expertise), or what theydo (performative expertise). Epistemic expertise is the capacity to provide strong justifications for a range of propositions in a domain, while performative expertise is the capacity to perform a skill well according to the rules and virtues of a practice. Both epistemic and performative experts may legitimately disagree with one another, and the two senses are conceptually and logically distinct.Keywords
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