Oxford Studies in Epistemology 3 (2010)
Authors |
|
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.
|
Keywords | Judgment aggregation Probabilistic opinion pooling Credence aggregation Propositional attitudes and their aggregation Social choice theory Formal social epistemology |
Categories | (categorize this paper) |
Reprint years | 2008, 2010 |
Options |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Download options
References found in this work BETA
View all 50 references / Add more references
Citations of this work BETA
Probabilistic Opinion Pooling.Franz Dietrich & Christian List - 2016 - In Alan Hajek & Christopher Hitchcock (eds.), Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Probability. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
The Theory of Judgment Aggregation: An Introductory Review.Christian List - 2012 - Synthese 187 (1):179-207.
Probabilistic Opinion Pooling Generalized. Part One: General Agendas.Franz Dietrich & Christian List - 2017 - Social Choice and Welfare 48 (4):747–786.
View all 21 citations / Add more citations
Similar books and articles
Judgment Aggregation: A Short Introduction.Christian List - 2012 - In Uskali Mäki (ed.), Handbook of the Philosophy of Economics. Elsevier.
Arrow's Theorem in Judgment Aggregation.Franz Dietrich & Christian List - 2007 - Social Choice and Welfare 29 (1):19-33.
A Generalised Model of Judgment Aggregation.Franz Dietrich - 2007 - Social Choice and Welfare 4 (28):529-565.
Introduction to Judgment Aggregation.Christian List & Ben Polak - 2010 - Journal of Economic Theory 145 (2):441-466.
The Theory of Judgment Aggregation: An Introductory Review.Christian List - 2012 - Synthese 187 (1):179-207.
Propositional Attitudes in Fiction.John Zeimbekis - 2004 - British Journal of Aesthetics 44 (3):261-276.
The Phenomenology of Propositional Attitudes.Sørenarnow H. Klausen - 2008 - Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 7 (4).
Against Essential Normativity of the Mental.Asbjørn Steglich-Petersen - 2008 - Philosophical Studies 140 (2):263 - 283.
Analytics
Added to PP index
2009-01-28
Total views
374 ( #27,698 of 2,519,515 )
Recent downloads (6 months)
10 ( #71,927 of 2,519,515 )
2009-01-28
Total views
374 ( #27,698 of 2,519,515 )
Recent downloads (6 months)
10 ( #71,927 of 2,519,515 )
How can I increase my downloads?
Downloads