FIC descriptions and interpretive social science: Should philosophers roll their eyes?

Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 29 (2):337–369 (1999)
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Abstract

Many social scientists and journalists attempt to explain events in recent or distant history by uncovering hidden beliefs and desires held by groups. Such ascriptions are problematic in that beliefs are attributed to groups rather than individuals, and, in that being “hidden,” they cannot be attributed using ordinary everyday methods. In this paper, I try to sort out what is sensible and what is muddled in this unusual but very common type of belief ascription.

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