Knowledge, Community, and the Competent Outsider: Seeking an alternative to the lay/expert divide

The supposed gulf between laypeople and experts has been thoroughly problematized, but what have we put in its place? Noah Weeth Feinstein approaches this problem from the perspective of education, matching Deweyan ideas of the public with Helen Longino’s philosophy of knowledge in the quest for a framework that not only describes society but also offers a compelling goal for educators who seek to enrich democratic participation.