usually, an "expert" has narrow technical knowledge of some sort, that's used to solve some specific type of problem. An intellectual makes connections, synthesizes, knowledge of different sorts, an activity that's done "for its own sake."
JD
-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Day
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 7/29/2002 10:34 PM
Subject: [PEN-L:28844] Experts vs. Intellectuals?
As a slight digression on this thread, I've been wondering whether
"experts" in the U.S. often fill a role that "public intellectuals" fill
in
some other countries (France, for example). I'm thinking here not so
much
of courtroom experts as the "experts" popular media turn to for
commentary,
those whose interpretations frame and filter most peoples' knowledge of
the
world around them.
-----Ben
