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social science subjects > social research > philosophy and the social sciences > logic and social science > judgment aggregation and the discursive dilemma
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judgment aggregation and the discursive dilemma  

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  • This entry explains the important phenomenon of discursive dilemma, which can arise in certain cases of collective judgments in various social institution settings; outlines the main approaches to it; and shows how an interdisciplinary body of research involving philosophy as well as several social sciences has developed around it. Judgment aggregation theory investigates which procedures a group could or should use to form collective judgments (“yes” or “no”) on a given set of propositions or issues, based on the judgments of the group members. [Source: Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Social Sciences; Judgment Aggregation and the Discursive Dilemma]

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