RSA Series in Transdisciplinary Rhetoric
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RSA Series in Transdisciplinary Rhetoric

Cultivating Character, Goodwill, and Practical Wisdom

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RSA Series in Transdisciplinary Rhetoric

Cultivating Character, Goodwill, and Practical Wisdom

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There is a deep distrust of experts in America today. Influenced by populist politics, many question or downright ignore the recommendations of scientists, scholars, and others with specialized training. It appears that expertise, a critical component of democratic life, no longer appeals to wide swaths of the body politic.

On Expertise is a robust defense of the expert class. Ashley Rose Mehlenbacher examines modern and ancient theories of expertise through the lens of rhetoric and interviews some forty professionals, revealing how they understand their own expertise and how they came to be known as "experts." She shows that expertise requires not only knowledge and skill but also, crucially, an acknowledgment by others—both specialists and laypeople—that one is a credible authority. At its heart, expertise is a rhetorical construct, and to be persuasive, experts must have the ability to apply their knowledge and skills rightly—in the right way, at the right time, to achieve the right end. Ultimately, Mehlenbacher argues that experts apply their technical knowledge effectively and win others' trust through acting prudently and cultivating goodwill.

Timely, practical, and sophisticated, On Expertise provides vital scaffolding for our understanding of expertise and its real-world application. This book is essential for beginning the work of rehabilitating the expert class amid a politics of extreme populism and anti-intellectualism.

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Publisher
Penn State University Press
Year
2022
ISBN
9780271093130
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Philosophy & Ethics in Science

Table of contents

  1. COVER Front
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Introduction
  6. Notes to Introduction
  7. Chapter 1: Habituating Expertise as Rhetorical Act
  8. Notes to Chapter 1
  9. Chapter 2: Expertise in Rhetorics of Science
  10. Notes to Chapter 2
  11. Chapter 3: Expertise, Psychology, and Memory
  12. Notes to Chapter 3
  13. Chapter 4: Professional Researchers on Expertise
  14. Notes to Chapter 4
  15. Chapter 5: Citizen Scientists on Expertise
  16. Notes to Chapter 5
  17. Notes
  18. Bibliography
  19. Index