Collective Epistemology

Published by De Gruyter 2011

Collective Epistemology

Edited by: Hans Bernhard Schmid , Daniel Sirtes and Marcel Weber

Volume 20 in the series Epistemische Studien / Epistemic Studies

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110322583

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„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 common attitude, or is there a single subject over and above the heads of its individual members that possesses a belief? “Collective Epistemology” is a name for the view that cognitive attitudes can be attributed to groups in a non-summative sense. The aim of this volume is to examine this claim, and to place it in the wider context of recent epistemological debates about the role of sociality in knowledge acquisition, in virtue and social epistemology, and in philosophy and sociology of science.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
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PART I
Introduction Daniel Sirtes, Hans Bernhard Schmid and Marcel Weber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Groups as Rational Sources Deborah Tollefsen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
Can Groups Be Epistemic Agents? Kay Mathiesen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
Collective Epistemic Agency: Virtue and the Spice of Vice Anita Konzelmann Ziv Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
PART II
An Account of Group Knowledge Raimo Tuomela Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
On Dialectical Justification of Group Beliefs Raul Hakli Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
PART III
Probabilistic Proofs and the Collective Epistemic Goals of Mathematicians Don Fallis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
Collective Epistemology: The Intersection of Group Membership and Expertise Robert Evans Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
Experimentation versus Theory Choice: A Social-Epistemological Approach Marcel Weber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
Gilbert’s Account of Norm-Guided Behaviour: A Critique CAROLINE M. BAUMANN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Pages
- Main content: 241
Keywords: Erkenntnistheorie; Philosophie; Sozialphilosophie

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Published: May 2, 2013
ISBN: 9783110322583

Hardcover

Published: March 15, 2011
ISBN: 9783110322231