Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Content v
3. PART I
4. Introduction 1
5. Groups as Rational Sources 11
6. Can Groups Be Epistemic Agents? 23
7. Collective Epistemic Agency: Virtue and the Spice of Vice 45
8. PART II
9. An Account of Group Knowledge 75
10. On Dialectical Justification of Group Beliefs 119
11. PART III
12. Probabilistic Proofs and the Collective Epistemic Goals of Mathematicians 157
13. Collective Epistemology: The Intersection of Group Membership and Expertise 177
14. Experimentation versus Theory Choice: A Social-Epistemological Approach 203
15. Gilbert’s Account of Norm-Guided Behaviour: A Critique 227