Essai sur l'application de l'analyse a la probabilite des decisions rendues a la pluralite des voix (French, Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - Mathematics
Release date:	September 2014
Authors:	Nicolas de Condorcet
Dimensions:	244 x 170 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	504
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-07799-6
Languages:	French
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > History of mathematics
LSN:	1-108-07799-4
Barcode:	9781108077996

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