Essai sur l'application de l'analyse a la probabilite des decisions rendues a la pluralite des voix
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Essai sur l'application de l'analyse a la probabilite des decisions rendues a la pluralite des voix by Nicolas De Condorcet
A central figure in the early years of the French Revolution, Nicolas de Condorcet (1743 94) was active as a mathematician, philosopher, politician and economist. He argued for the values of the Enlightenment, from religious toleration to the abolition of slavery, believing that society could be improved by the application of rational thought. In this essay, first published in 1785, Condorcet analyses mathematically the process of making majority decisions, and seeks methods to improve the likelihood of their success. The work was largely forgotten in the nineteenth century, while those who did comment on it tended to find the arguments obscure. In the second half of the twentieth century, however, it was rediscovered as a foundational work in the theory of voting and societal preferences. Condorcet presents several significant results, among which Condorcet's paradox (the non-transitivity of majority preferences) is now seen as the direct ancestor of Arrow's paradox.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781108077996 |
| ISBN 10 | 1108077994 |
| Title | Essai sur l'application de l'analyse a la probabilite des decisions rendues a la pluralite des voix |
| Author | Nicolas De Condorcet |
| Series | Cambridge Library Collection - Mathematics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2014-09-25 |
| Number of pages | 504 |
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