The Independence Thesis: When Individual and Social Epistemology Diverge*
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The Independence Thesis: When Individual and Social Epistemology Diverge
Philosophers and social scientists have often argued (both implicitly and explicitly) that rational individuals can form irrational groups, and that, conversely, rational groups might be composed of irrational individuals. We call the conjunction of these two claims the Independence Thesis, as together they imply that prescriptions for individual and group decision-making respectively are logic...
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عنوان ژورنال: Philosophy of Science
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0031-8248,1539-767X
DOI: 10.1086/661777