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  1. Dept. of Philosophy, University of Turku, SF-20500, Turku 50, Finland

    Hannu Nurmi

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The author wishes to thank Professor Carl Wagner for suggesting some of the problems discussed in this paper as well as Dr. Mikko A. Salo for quite essential computational guidance in working out their solutions. The comments of Dr. Sven Berg are also gratefully acknowledged.

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Nurmi, H. Some properties of the Lehrer-Wagner method for reaching rational consensus. Synthese 62, 13–24 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00485383

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