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Rational Belief Changes for Collective Agents
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Abstract
The possibility of ascribing rational changes of beliefs to collectives is discussed. Limits on what a collective can believe are inferred from the assumption that the collective should change its belief in α if all its members change their belief in α. It is also shown that some very reasonable assumptions about the collective beliefs results in an inconsistency.
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Social Choice Majority Vote Epistemic State Belief Revision Belief Change
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