We are grateful to Rodrick Wallace (2020) and Nicholas D. Smith (2020) for their questions and comments on Bruno and Fritzman (2020). Wallace’s comments largely complement our article. Agreeing with Atlan and Cohen (1998), he defines cognition as the choice… Read More ›
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Collective Belief Questioned, Nicholas D. Smith
In their impressive article, “Collective Belief Defended,” Michael G. Bruno and J. M. Fritzman argue “that there are no fundamental obstacles to ontologically countenancing conscious cognitive collectives” (Bruno and Fritzman 2020, 1) … [please read below the rest of the… Read More ›
A Comment on Collective Belief, Rodrick Wallace
As Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela (1980) and others remark at some length, cognitive phenomena pervade biology from individual cellular function, ‘simple’ wound healing, through immune maintenance and response, tumor control, neural function, social interaction, and so on (e.g., Wallace… Read More ›
Justified Group Belief in Science, Chris Dragos
Author Information: Chris Dragos, University of Toronto, chris.dragos@mail.utoronto.ca Dragos, Chris. “Justified Group Belief in Science.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 5, no. 9 (2016): 6-12. The PDF of the article gives specific page numbers. Shortlink: http://wp.me/p1Bfg0-3aV Please refer to: Dragos,… Read More ›
Review: Essays in Collective Epistemology, Leah Carr
Author Information: Leah Carr, University of Queensland, leah.michelle.carr@gmail.com Carr, Leah. “Review: Essays in Collective Epistemology.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 4, no. 5 (2015): 29-32. The PDF of the article gives specific page numbers. Shortlink: http://wp.me/p1Bfg0-25g Image credit: Oxford… Read More ›