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Societies and Social Decision Functions

A Model with Focus on the Information Problem

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  • © 1982

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Authors:
  1. A. Camacho

    1. Dept. of Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, USA

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Part of the book series: Theory and Decision Library (TDLU, volume 30)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Comparison of Approaches to Social Choice

    • A. Camacho
    Pages 1-10

  3. Intensity of Preferences and Cardinal Utility

    • A. Camacho
    Pages 11-23

  4. Unsatisfactoriness of Ordinal Methods in Dealing with Problems of Social Choice

    • A. Camacho
    Pages 24-35

  5. A System of Axioms for Cardinal Utility

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    Pages 36-51

  6. A More General System of Axioms for Cardinal Utility

    • A. Camacho
    Pages 52-61

  7. An Abstract Model of Society

    • A. Camacho
    Pages 62-75

  8. Social Decision Functions

    • A. Camacho
    Pages 76-84

  9. A Theorem Proving the Unsatisfactoriness of the Ordinal Approach to Social Choice

    • A. Camacho
    Pages 85-91

  10. Strengthening the Theorem Proved in Chapter 8: Informal Discussion

    • A. Camacho
    Pages 92-100

  11. Unsatisfactoriness of the Ordinal Approach to Social Choice: Further Results

    • A. Camacho
    Pages 101-114

  12. Justifying the Use of Ordinal Methods

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    Pages 115-117

  13. Conclusion

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    Pages 123-126

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 127-144
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About this book

A model is an idealization. It is an abstract representation of a given perceived reality. To construct a model one abstracts from the unimportant features of that reality and replaces it by a formal structure, whose properties, explicitly assumed or logically de­ ducible from the stated assumptions, correspond to the interesting relationships of the reality being studied. The purpose of constructing a model is twofold: first, to help better understand a complex reality; second, to help make pre­ dictions with regard to still unobserved phenomena. The first purpose will be satisfied if the constructor of the model is able to identify and disregard the unimportant features of the reality being studied and replaces this reality by an easier to understand formal structure. By applying then the techniques of mathematics and logic to this formal structure we might be able to reach conclusions with regard to still unobserved phenomena, which will be of help in making predictions.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Dept. of Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, USA

    A. Camacho

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Societies and Social Decision Functions

  • Book Subtitle: A Model with Focus on the Information Problem

  • Authors: A. Camacho

  • Series Title: Theory and Decision Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7813-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1982

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-1407-7Due: 31 October 1982

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-009-7815-7Published: 19 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-7813-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 164

  • Topics: Methodology of the Social Sciences

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