Collective Belief Defended

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Social Epistemology 35 (1):48-66 (2020)
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We evaluate several significant objections to the possibility of group belief. These incredulity objections urge that the very concept of group belief is suspect or incoherent. Although many other...

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10.1080/02691728.2020.1761479

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J. M. Fritzman
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