Making More Effective Groups: A Philosophical and Empirical Examination

This project will be an interdisciplinary examination of how groups can make better judgements and decisions, using theoretical tools from philosophy and empirical results from the social, behavioural, economic, and organisational sciences. The project first aims to devise and defend a normative framework for understanding group rationality that accords well with a range of empirical fields, and then to use the most salient and secure results from these empirical fields to devise concrete guidelines that various groups can use to improve the quality of their enquiries and decisions. The end goal is for real-world groups in healthcare, business, and government to adopt these strategies, thus improving the judgements and decisions they make.