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Deborah Tollefsen

Disciplines:
philosophy of mind
philosophy/social philosophy

Summary

American philosopher who has worked on collective intentionality, group belief, and the social dimensions of mind.

Core Contribution

Groups as Agents: a defense of the view that groups can be genuine agents with beliefs and intentions — against reductionist views. Contributed to the analysis of group belief as distinct from the sum of individual beliefs.

Notable Works & Achievements

Groups as Agents

Historical Influences

Margaret Gilbert John Searle

Intellectual Lineage

Analytic Social Philosophy

Contemporaries & Peers

Margaret Gilbert Raimo Tuomela

Minds Influenced

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Intellectual Posterity

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