Comment by directevolve
Comment by directevolve 3 days ago
My view is that the when academics call other academics “experts,” it’s just noting who works professionally on a topic. Usually those people will be able to give a reasonable account of their field. But a lot of the game is reviewing the specific subject matter before a presentation. Or steering a conversation toward familiar ground.
A teacher of topic X is not an expert in topic X. They are an expert in “teaching topic X.”
Sure. The way i think of it is that academic expertise is writing research papers in some domain.