I'm Kenny Easwaran, philosopher working on formal epistemology, decision
theory, philosophy of mathematics, and social epistemology. AMA.
Abstract
I work in areas of formal epistemology, philosophy of mathematics,
decision theory, and am increasingly interested in issues of social
epistemology and collective action, both as they relate to my earlier
areas and in other ways. I’ve done work on various paradoxes of the
infinite in probability and decision theory, on the foundations of
Bayesianism, on the social epistemology of mathematics, and written one
weird paper using metaphysics to derive conclusions about physics. Links
of Interest: My research website including links and descriptions to
most of my papers. My appearance (in 2015) on Julia Galef’s “Rationally
Speaking” podcast, discussing Newcomb’s Paradox, its connection to
other issues in decision theory and free will, and what I call a
“tragedy of rationality”. A discussion (from 2011) with Jonathan
Weisberg about the role of accuracy in constraining beliefs and
probabilities, and their connection, on Philosophy TV. The idea of this
discussion eventually became my Dr. Truthlove paper in Nous (paper
available from Philosophers’ Annual - 10 Best Papers of 2015) My paper
“Decision Theory without Representation Theorems”, at the open access
journal Philosophers’ Imprint. My old blog, Antimeta, which I ran for
several years in graduate school, discussing issues in philosophy of
mathematics, probability, and occasionally metaphysics. My posts from
the period 2005-2009 on Brian Weatherson’s blog, Thoughts, Arguments,
and Rants.