On Jan 22, 2010, at 10:30 AM, Terry Bouricius wrote: > Jonathan, > > Yes and no...You are correct that Arrow never uses the term > "monotonicity," but the concept is embodied in his second condition, > called "positive association."
Yes--I'm talking about terminology merely (that, and that "monotonicity" itself needs definition in a particular context). > > Terry > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jonathan Lundell" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 12:47 PM > Subject: Re: [EM] I need an example of Condorcet method being subjected > > > On Jan 22, 2010, at 5:32 AM, Kathy Dopp wrote: > >> This reminds me of one of the plethora of other deliberately >> misleading claims of Fairytale Vote, they constantly cite Arrow's >> theorem as if that is a logical reason to support IRV when IRV fails >> more of Arrow's Fairness criteria than even plurality voting does >> because IRV fails the nonmonotoncity criteria in addition to the >> spoiler criteria described above which both IRV and plurality fail. > >> Arrow, Kenneth J. (1951). Social Choice and Individual Values. Wiley, >> New York. ISBN 0-300-01364-7. 2nd ed. 1963 > > Monotonicity, btw, doesn't appear as a criterion in Arrow's monograph on > his Possibility Theorem, either. > ---- > Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info > ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
