Pareto Optimality, Functional Dependence and Collective Agency

TL;DR

This paper introduces a logical framework based on Pareto optimality and functional dependence to analyze collective agency, moving beyond traditional intentionality perspectives.

Contribution

It proposes a novel logic of preference and dependence that captures Pareto optimality, enabling formal reasoning about collective agency.

Findings

Logic extension for Pareto optimality

Formal reasoning about collective agency

Framework for preference and dependence

Abstract

This paper approaches the problem of understanding collective agency from a logical and game-theoretical perspective. Instead of collective intentionality, our analysis highlights the role of Pareto optimality. To facilitate the analysis, we propose a logic of preference and functional dependence by extending the logic of functional dependence. In this logic, we can express Pareto optimality and thus reason about collective agency.