{"product_id":"collective-wisdom-principles-and-mechanisms-paperback-9781107630277","title":"Collective Wisdom; Principles and Mechanisms (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107630277","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCollective Wisdom\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePrinciples and Mechanisms\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe contributors to this volume discuss and for the most part challenge whether many minds can be wiser than one.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHélène Landemore (Edited by), Jon Elster (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107630277, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 May 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e420 pages, 17 b\/w illus.  8 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 15.6 x 2.4 cm, 0.64 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“Can crowds be anything but unwise? Is there any reason to suppose that collective judgments could be accurate? The papers gathered in this volume suggest some stimulating ways to claim that those questions could be answered affirmatively and that the so called ‘mob’ might sometimes be less foolish and less unreliable than it has commonly been taken to be. Very rewarding in times when democracy is so frequently deemed unable to cope with complex questions.” – Jean-Fabien Spitz, Professor of Political Philosophy, University of Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eJames Madison wrote, 'Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob'. The contributors to this volume discuss and for the most part challenge this claim by considering conditions under which many minds can be wiser than one. With backgrounds in economics, cognitive science, political science, law and history, the authors consider information markets, the internet, jury debates, democratic deliberation and the use of diversity as mechanisms for improving collective decisions. At the same time, they consider voter irrationality and paradoxes of aggregation as possibly undermining the wisdom of groups. Implicitly or explicitly, the volume also offers guidance and warnings to institutional designers.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Collective wisdom: old and new Hélène Landemore\u003cbr\u003e 2. Prediction markets: trading uncertainty for collective wisdom Emile Servan-Schreiber\u003cbr\u003e 3. Designing wisdom through the web: the passion of ranking Gloria Origgi\u003cbr\u003e 4. Some microfoundations of collective wisdom Scott Page and Lu Hong\u003cbr\u003e 5. What has collective wisdom to do with wisdom? Daniel Andler\u003cbr\u003e 6. Legislation, planning, and deliberation John Ferejohn\u003cbr\u003e 7. Epistemic democracy in classical Athens: sophistication, diversity, and innovation Josiah Ober\u003cbr\u003e 8. The optimal design of a constituent assembly Jon Elster\u003cbr\u003e 9. Sanior pars and major pars in the contemporary aeropagus: medicine evaluation committees in France and the United States Philippe Urfalino\u003cbr\u003e 10. Collective wisdom: lessons from the theory of judgment aggregation Christian List\u003cbr\u003e 11. Democracy counts: should rulers be numerous? David Estlund\u003cbr\u003e 12. Democratic reason: the mechanisms of collective intelligence in politics Hélène Landemore\u003cbr\u003e 13. Rational ignorance and beyond Gerry Mackie\u003cbr\u003e 14. The myth of the rational voter and political theory Bryan Caplan\u003cbr\u003e 15. Collective wisdom and institutional design Adrian Vermeule\u003cbr\u003e 16. Reasoning as a social competence Dan Sperber and Hugo Mercier\u003cbr\u003e 17. Conclusion Jon Elster.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e], Social \u0026amp; political philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; political philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20political%20philosophy%20%5BHPS%5D%22\"\u003eHPS\u003c\/a\u003e], Philosophy: epistemology \u0026amp; theory of knowledge [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy: epistemology \u0026amp; theory of knowledge\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy:%20epistemology%20\u0026amp;%20theory%20of%20knowledge%20%5BHPK%5D%22\"\u003eHPK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004881785112,"sku":"9781107630277","price":36.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107630277i.jpg?v=1696770394","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/collective-wisdom-principles-and-mechanisms-paperback-9781107630277","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}