Collective Epistemology / / ed. by Hans Bernhard Schmid, Daniel Sirtes, Marcel Weber.

„We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal…” This collection of essays addresses a philosophical problem raised by the first clause of these famous words. Does each signatory of the Declaration of Independence hold these truths individually, do they share some kind of a...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2013]
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Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Epistemische Studien / Epistemic Studies : Philosophy of Science, Cognition and Mind , 20
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Physical Description:1 online resource (241 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Content
  • PART I
  • Introduction
  • Groups as Rational Sources
  • Can Groups Be Epistemic Agents?
  • Collective Epistemic Agency: Virtue and the Spice of Vice
  • PART II
  • An Account of Group Knowledge
  • On Dialectical Justification of Group Beliefs
  • PART III
  • Probabilistic Proofs and the Collective Epistemic Goals of Mathematicians
  • Collective Epistemology: The Intersection of Group Membership and Expertise
  • Experimentation versus Theory Choice: A Social-Epistemological Approach
  • Gilbert’s Account of Norm-Guided Behaviour: A Critique