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The premises of Condorcet’s jury theorem are not simultaneously justified

Dietrich, Franz (2008) The premises of Condorcet’s jury theorem are not simultaneously justified. Episteme, 5 (1). pp. 56-73. ISSN 1742-3600

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Identification Number: 10.1353/epi.0.0023

Abstract

Condorcet’s famous jury theorem reaches an optimistic conclusion on the correctness of majority decisions, based on two controversial premises about voters: they are competent and vote independently, in a technical sense. I carefully analyse these premises and show that: (i) whether a premise is justified depends on the notion of probability considered and (ii) none of the notions renders both premises simultaneously justified. Under the perhaps most interesting notions, the independence assumption should be weakened.

Item Type: Article
Official URL: http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/episteme/
Additional Information: © 2010 Edinburgh University Press
Divisions: Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
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Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BC Logic
Date Deposited: 03 May 2011 11:24
Last Modified: 07 Oct 2024 21:18
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/35824

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