The Premises of Condorcet's Jury Theorem Are Not Simultaneously Justified

Episteme

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 56-73

  Dietrich, Franz ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 85010699628     PISSN: 17423600     EISSN: 17500117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/E1742360008000233     Document Type: Article

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