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An Argumentation Interface for Expert Opinion Evidence
Author(s) -
Walton Douglas,
Zhang Nanning
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
ratio juris
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.344
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 1467-9337
pISSN - 0952-1917
DOI - 10.1111/raju.12115
Subject(s) - argumentation theory , credibility , argument (complex analysis) , set (abstract data type) , matching (statistics) , computer science , rigour , reliability (semiconductor) , epistemology , work (physics) , expert opinion , boundary work , public opinion , management science , engineering ethics , political science , law , philosophy , engineering , mathematics , mechanical engineering , medicine , chemistry , biochemistry , statistics , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , politics , intensive care medicine , programming language
Tribunals have come to depend increasingly on expertise for determining the facts in cases. However, current legal methods have proved problematic to work with. This paper argues that, as a special model of public understanding of science, assessing expertise should consider source credibility of expertise from internal aspects, including scientific validity and reliability, and external aspects involving the credibility of experts. Using the Carneades Argumentation System we show that the internal and the external aspects are mediated by the structure of the argument from expert opinion with its matching set of critical questions.