Category Archives: Social Epistemology

Just War and Group Intentions, I

Much of the theory of just war assumes that the warmaker is a single individual, the prince. It is doubtful whether this has ever been true: even in so-called ‘absolute monarchies,’ the prince relies on councilors, advisors, and even some relatively independent collaborators (including bishops and parliaments). In modern times, it is undeniable that itContinue reading “Just War and Group Intentions, I”

Voting and Epistemology

Voting and Epistemology Voting to Track the Truth (Wisdom of Crowds) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, “Voting Methods,” Eric Pacuit, 2019 The most well-known analysis comes from the writings of Condorcet (1785). The following theorem, which is attributed to Condorcet and was first proved formally by Laplace, shows that if there are only two options, thenContinue reading “Voting and Epistemology”