Individual beliefs and collective beliefs in sciences and philosophy: The plural subject and the polyphonic subject accounts case studies

Philosophy of the Social Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 382-407

  Bouvier, Alban ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Cartesian argumentation; Collective briefs; Plural subject; Polyphony

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344592981     PISSN: 00483931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0048393103260772     Document Type: Review

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