Group beliefs and the distinction between belief and acceptance

Cognitive Systems Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 286-297

  Hakli, Raul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Belief; Collective doxastic state; Collective intentionality; Collective mental state; Group belief

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ENGINEERING; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

COLLECTIVE DOXASTIC STATE; COLLECTIVE INTENTIONALITY; COLLECTIVE MENTAL STATE; GROUP BELIEF; PRAGMATIC GOALS;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THINKING;

EID: 33645949137     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13890417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogsys.2005.11.013     Document Type: Article

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