Cailin O’Connor is universitair docent logica en wetenschapsfilosofie aan de University of California, Irvine. Haar werk onderzoekt voornamelijk hoe individuen en groepen informatie vergaren en verspreiden, en verkent de belangrijke gevolgen daarvan voor kennis, ethiek en politiek. Ze onderzoekt strategieën om onze informatiesystemen te verbeteren om zo tot meer rationele en geïnformeerde besluitvorming te komen.
Introduces game theory, before assessing working using signaling games to explore questions related to communication, meaning, language, and reference. O'Connor then addresses prosociality - strategic behavior that contributes to the successful functioning of social groups - using the prisoner's dilemma, stag hunt, and bargaining games.
In almost every human society some people get more and others get less. Why is inequity the rule in human societies? Philosopher Cailin O'Connor reveals how cultural evolution works on social categories such as race and gender to generate unfairness.
The social dynamics of alternative facts why what you believe depends on who you know
This Element will overview research using models to understand scientific practice. It argues that while these models are epistemically useful, the best way to employ most of them to understand and improve science is in combination with empirical methods and other sorts of theorizing.