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Group Minds and Explanatory Simplicity.

This paper explores the claim that explanation of a group's behaviour in term of individual mental states is, in principle, superior to explanation of that behaviour in terms of group mental states. We focus on the supposition that individual-level explanation is superior because it is simpler than...

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Published in:Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement Vol. 76; pp. 3 - 20
Main Authors: Sprevak, Mark, Statham, David
Format: Article
Published: Cambridge University Press May2015
Subjects:
Simplicity (Philosophy)
Rupert, Robert
Invocation
Cognition
Computer operating systems
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