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SUMMARY:Worries about philosopher experts - Cathrine Holst (University of 
 Oslo)
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CONTACT:Jacob Stegenga
DESCRIPTION:Well-functioning modern democracies depend largely on expert k
 nowledge and expert arrangements\, but this expertise reliance also causes
  severe problems for their legitimacy. Surprisingly\, moral and political 
 philosophers have come to play an increasing role as experts in present-da
 y policy-making\, and this paper elaborates on and assesses the force of t
 he epistemic and democratic worries raised by the presence of philosopher 
 experts in contemporary governance\, and suggest measures to alleviate the
 m. It is argued that philosophers are likely to have some distinctive bias
 es that may reduce the quality of their advice\, and the characteristics o
 f their expertise\, and controversies around what their competences amount
  to\, make it hard to distinguish proper from less proper philosopher expe
 rts. Reliance on philosopher experts may also intensify democratic worries
  not least due to the depoliticization pressures that the introduction of 
 ethics expertise tends to give rise to. Still\, philosophers have competen
 ces and orientations that policy discussions and democratic deliberations 
 are likely to profit from. Worries about philosopher experts may moreover 
 be mitigated by means of a proper design of expert arrangements. However\,
  confronted with the genuine epistemic risks and democratic challenges of 
 contemporary governance any quick fix is obviously unavailable.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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