Uncertainty that arises from disputes among scientists seems to foster public skepticism or
noncompliance. Communication of potential cues to the relative performance of contending …

Heinz von Foerster was the inventor of second-order cybernetics, which recognizes the
investigator as part of the system he is investigating. The Beginning of Heaven and Earth …

People sometimes think in terms of 'we'referring to a group they belong to. When making
decisions, they frame the decision problem as:'What should we do?'instead of 'What should I …

Possibility theory and the body of aggregation operations from fuzzy set theory provide some
tools to address the problem of merging information coming from several sources. The …

A consensus reaching process is an iteratively developed negotiation process designed to
ensure that a mutual agreement is reached by decision makers. To incorporate distribution …

We present a formal model of opinion diffusion and formation which combines notions from
social network analysis together with concepts and techniques from judgment aggregation …

For the past two decades logical positivism has served as a whipping boy. By emphasizing
the shortcomings of this failed philosophical program, the virtues of the new postpositivist …

A standard approach to the combination of probabilistic opinions involves taking a weighted
linear average of the individuals distributions. This paper reviews some of the possible …

A traditional meaning of consensus as a full and unanimous agreement is, first, often
unrealistic in practice, since it is not reachable, and, second, often contradicts a human …

We all want to live in peace and prosperity. Why don't we? This question has intrigued
mankind from the beginning. Many solutions have been tried and often failed. European …