The Formation of Epistemic Networks
Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) Research Focus Reduction and Emergence (LMU)
English - December 12, 2014 11:20 - 49 minutes - 755 MB Video - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingPhilosophy Society & Culture scientific philosophy scientific theory agent-based models prospect theory intertheoretic relations physicalism non-reductive monism synthetic plasticity explanation physics Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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One important area of study for social epistemology is the social structure epistemic groups -- who communicates their knowledge with whom? Significant research has been done on better and worse communication networks, but less has been done on how a group comes to have one network or another. In this talk, I will present a number of results (some recent) from economics and philosophy about how individuals choose with whom to communicate. Understanding how individuals decide where to gain information can help us to design institutions that lead to epistemically more reliable groups. | Center for Advanced Studies & Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy: 12.12.2014 | Speaker: Kevin Zollmann