Americans traditionally used to have a suspicion (a kind of prejudice) against experts. I share in this to some degree. I think a lot depends on the field in question. For example, in plumbing I would go with the experts. But there are other field like "Gender Studies" where the experts confer diplomas on themselves and their buddies. Fields that are all just make believe. Philosphy seems to be somewhere in the middle.
Einstein suggested the knowledge depends both on pure reason and also empirical observation--not one or the other. This seems to be the approach of Hegel. I mean in his Encyclopedia the part on Logic around part 169 or so[I forget where]. Hegel talks about God as object and then shows how the whole idea of Christianity is to bridge the gap between God as Object and us mankind. Then right away says that is whole idea of true knowledge to bridge the gap between subject and object. This is different from the Kant Fries School of Dr Kelley Ross where you also have non intuitive immediate knowledge.
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