IS THERE COLLECTIVE SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE? : ARGUMENTS FROM EXPLANATION

in: Title and page –> Author: Fagan, Melinda Bonnie / Series – Volume – Page: Philosophical Quaterly 061: 247-269 / Publisher: Blackwell Publishing / Language: English / Keywords & subject: Philosophy of Knowledge-Analytical Approach — Scientific Knowledge, Collective Belief, Gilbert’s Theory — Unconfirmed Explanation, Explanatory Insignificance — Idle Wheel, Joint Commitment, Plural-Subject Theory