Dietrich, Franz and List, Christian 
ORCID: 0000-0003-1627-800X
(2010)
The aggregation of propositional attitudes: towards a general theory.
In: Gendler, Tabor S. and Hawthorne, John, (eds.)
Oxford Studies in Epistemology.
Oxford studies in epistemology.
Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 215-234.
ISBN 9780199584086
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Abstract
How can the propositional attitudes of several individuals be aggregated into overall collective propositional attitudes? Although there are large bodies of work on the aggregation of various special kinds of propositional attitudes, such as preferences, judgments, probabilities and utilities, the aggregation of propositional attitudes is seldom studied in full generality. In this paper, we seek to contribute to filling this gap in the literature. We sketch the ingredients of a general theory of propositional attitude aggregation and prove two new theorems. Our first theorem simultaneously characterizes some prominent aggregation rules in the cases of probability, judgment and preference aggregation, including linear opinion pooling and Arrovian dictatorships. Our second theorem abstracts even further from the specific kinds of attitudes in question and describes the properties of a large class of aggregation rules applicable to a variety of belief-like attitudes. Our approach integrates some previously disconnected areas of investigation.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Official URL: | http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2010 The Authors |
| Divisions: | Government Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method CPNSS |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Jan 2011 11:59 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 17:25 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/31600 |
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