Key Scientific Ideas and Proposals.
The conference paper examines “scientific knowledge” as the fundamental intellectual resource of independent professional expertise in the form of conformity assessment. A functional classification of scientific knowledge into “specialised scientific knowledge” and “special scientific knowledge” is proposed. The division of “specialised scientific knowledge” into “specialised scientific and juridical knowledge” and “specialised scientific and legal knowledge” is substantiated on the basis of their functional purpose and sphere of practical application. It is concluded that the intellectual resource of independent professional expertise in the form of conformity assessment is formed not by a random collection of knowledge, but by an integrated system of “scientific knowledge”, the structure of which is determined by the subject matter of a specific expert study. A defining role within this system is played by “specialised scientific and juridical knowledge”, which provides the scientific substantiation of the expert opinion and ensures its practical applicability in legal practice. At the same time, the structure of the intellectual resource of independent professional expertise in the form of conformity assessment is not fixed and is determined by the subject matter of a specific expert study. Where the expert task requires knowledge from other fields of science, “special scientific knowledge” is integrated into this resource, ensuring the comprehensiveness of the study, completeness of the analysis, and objectivity of the expert opinion.
