Overcoming Expert Disagreement In A Delphi Process. An Exercise In Reverse Epistemology
Disagreement among experts is a central topic in social epistemology. What should an expert do when confronted with the different opinion of an epistemic peer? Possible answers include the steadfast view (holding to one’s belief), the abstemious view (suspending one’s judgment), and moderate concili...
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| description | Disagreement among experts is a central topic in social epistemology. What should an expert do when confronted with the different opinion of an epistemic peer? Possible answers include the steadfast view (holding to one’s belief), the abstemious view (suspending one’s judgment), and moderate conciliatory views, which specify criteria for belief change when a peer’s different opinion is encountered. The practice of Delphi techniques in healthcare, medicine, and social sciences provides a real-life case study of expert disagreement, where disagreement is gradually transformed into consensus. An analysis of Delphi shows that moderate conciliatory views are descriptively more adequate than rival views. However, it also casts doubt on whether the debate in social epistemology is explanatory relevant vis-à-vis real life cases of expert disagreement, where consensus replaces truth, and acceptance is more explanatorily relevant than belief. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0d4001df72654c728775cd15f801a9a92022-12-21T22:03:19ZengAssociazione Culturale Humana.MenteHumana.Mente: Journal of Philosophical Studies1972-12932015-05-01828Overcoming Expert Disagreement In A Delphi Process. An Exercise In Reverse EpistemologyElisabetta Lalumera0Università degli Studi Milano Bicocca, Milan, ItalyDisagreement among experts is a central topic in social epistemology. What should an expert do when confronted with the different opinion of an epistemic peer? Possible answers include the steadfast view (holding to one’s belief), the abstemious view (suspending one’s judgment), and moderate conciliatory views, which specify criteria for belief change when a peer’s different opinion is encountered. The practice of Delphi techniques in healthcare, medicine, and social sciences provides a real-life case study of expert disagreement, where disagreement is gradually transformed into consensus. An analysis of Delphi shows that moderate conciliatory views are descriptively more adequate than rival views. However, it also casts doubt on whether the debate in social epistemology is explanatory relevant vis-à-vis real life cases of expert disagreement, where consensus replaces truth, and acceptance is more explanatorily relevant than belief.http://www.humanamente.eu/index.php/HM/article/view/82disagreementexpertsepistemology |
| spellingShingle | Elisabetta Lalumera Overcoming Expert Disagreement In A Delphi Process. An Exercise In Reverse Epistemology Humana.Mente: Journal of Philosophical Studies disagreement experts epistemology |
| title | Overcoming Expert Disagreement In A Delphi Process. An Exercise In Reverse Epistemology |
| title_full | Overcoming Expert Disagreement In A Delphi Process. An Exercise In Reverse Epistemology |
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| title_short | Overcoming Expert Disagreement In A Delphi Process. An Exercise In Reverse Epistemology |
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