Group belief reconceived
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Abstract An influential account or group belief analyzes it as a form of joint commitment by members. In spite its popularity, the faces daunting objections. I consider and reply to two them. The first, due Jennifer Lackey, is that fails an since cannot distinguish beliefs from lies bullshit . second because makes voluntary , whereas genuine involuntary propose amendment basic which offers unified both Although my novel departs account, retains spirit. entails much rarer than proponents have hitherto realized.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Synthese
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['0039-7857', '1573-0964']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-022-03633-x