[PhilPhys] New Episode of Conversations at the Center featuring Kevin Zollman

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The Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh
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bring our fellows, lecturers, and guest speakers alike to our Center for
eager listeners to learn and be intrigued about the world of philosophy and
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*Conversations at the Center*

NEW EPISODE: Center Director Edouard Machery and Associate Fellow Kevin
Zollman discuss social epistemology and pluralistic ignorance.

Available on YouTube - https://youtu.be/lJpvT-XRVI0?si=ePSpgN6jjJEQ0bQW

Spotify -
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1i3YLjqKkt6p4CUBkXG3KO?si=JxZo5P8RROKsuqgnqRwZ1g

<https://open.spotify.com/episode/1i3YLjqKkt6p4CUBkXG3KO?si=JxZo5P8RROKsuqgnqRwZ1g>

and Apple Podcasts -
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conversations-at-the-center/id1874323410


Kevin J.S. Zollman is the Herbert A. Simon Professor of Philosophy and the
Director of the Institute for Complex Social Dynamics at Carnegie Mellon
University, where he has worked for 18 years. Prior to that, he received a
PhD and MA from the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science at
University of California, Irvine, and a BS in Philosophy from Kansas State
University. He holds courtesy appointments at the University of Pittsburgh
and Ludwig Maximillians Universität in Munich, Germany.

Dr. Zollman’s research focuses on mathematical and computational modeling
of social behavior. This work deepens our understanding of complex social
behavior across multiple disciplines including philosophy, biology,
economics, cognitive science, and computer science. His research answered
questions like: how groups learn about the world, how animals communicate,
how social norms evolve, how science progresses, and how rationality and
morality interact.

He is most well-known for his research on Network Epistemology, the study
of how knowledge is generated and spreads through social networks. In this
research, he discovered that groups which communicate less frequently can
sometimes generate more reliable knowledge than groups which communicate
more, a phenomenon now called “the Zollman Effect.”  This research is the
subject of a forthcoming book that applies these tools to economic bubbles,
polarization, misinformation, and pluralistic ignorance.

In addition to his research, Dr. Zollman has published works aimed at a
general audience.  Co-authored with Paul Raeburn, his book, The Game
Theorist’s Guide to Parenting was published by Scientific American’s book
press in 2016. He has written articles or OpEds for the New York Times,
Scientific American, and Fast Company, among others.

To read the work discussed in the podcast, visit *http://www.kevinzollman.com/
<https://us.list-manage.com/51TIdd3tpiV?e=100de1eaf2&c2id=2563ec29d5455ae71362365de14359f2>.*
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