<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Expert knowledge - a concept associated with Ryle’s distinction of knowledgethat and knowledge-how - functions in distinct areas of knowledge and social expertise. Consisting of both propositional (declarative) and procedural (instrumental) knowledge, expertise is performative in its essence. It depends not only on expert’s experience and cognitive competences, but also on his or her social and institutional position. The paper considers the role of heuristic and intuitional abilities, including particular experts’ cognitive biases, as the vital and indispensable part of expertise. On the basis of selected managerial and juridical examples (procedures, standards, norms and institutional regulations) it analyzes the epistemological issues: the autonomy versus dependence of expert knowledge as well as the influence of social-cognitive circumstances on expertise.</p></abstract>

Expert knowledge - a concept associated with Ryle’s distinction of knowledgethat and knowledge-how - functions in distinct areas of knowledge and social expertise. Consisting of both propositional (declarative) and procedural (instrumental) knowledge, expertise is performative in its essence. It depends not only on expert’s experience and cognitive competences, but also on his or her social and institutional position. The paper considers the role of heuristic and intuitional abilities, including particular experts’ cognitive biases, as the vital and indispensable part of expertise. On the basis of selected managerial and juridical examples (procedures, standards, norms and institutional regulations) it analyzes the epistemological issues: the autonomy versus dependence of expert knowledge as well as the influence of social-cognitive circumstances on expertise.

Expert Knowledge: Its Structure, Functions and Limits

Studia Humana

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Expert knowledge - a concept associated with Ryle’s distinction of knowledgethat and knowledge-how - functions in distinct areas of knowledge and social...

Expert Knowledge: Its Structure, Functions and Limits

Publié en ligne: 07 nov. 2018

Pages: 11 - 20

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sh-2018-0014

Mots clés
expert knowledge, expertise, intuition, biases, heuristics, Daniel Kahneman

© 2018 Marek Hetmański, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Expert Knowledge: Its Structure, Functions and Limits

Publié en ligne: 07 nov. 2018

Pages: 11 - 20

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sh-2018-0014

Mots clésexpert knowledge, expertise, intuition, biases, heuristics, Daniel Kahneman

© 2018 Marek Hetmański, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Mots clés
expert knowledge, expertise, intuition, biases, heuristics, Daniel Kahneman