A note on non-distributive belief ascriptions

Marty features Robert Pasternak who examines the possibility of non-distributive belief ascriptions. Pasternak observes that it is possible to truthfully attribute to a plurality a belief that cannot be truthfully attributed to any of its atomic parts. Pasternak proposes that the possibility of non-distributive belief ascriptions follows from the fact that the beliefs of a plurality can generally be inferred from the beliefs of its atomic parts. Overall, he concluded that the observations are reminiscent of the dual requirement at work in cumulative readings.