Social structure and the effects of conformity.
Conformity is an often criticized feature of human belief formation. Although generally regarded as a negative influence on reliability, it has not been widely studied. This paper attempts to determine the epistemic effects of conformity by analyzing a mathematical model of this behavior. In additio...
| Publicado en: | Synthese Vol. 172; no. 3; pp. 317 - 341 |
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Feb2010
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