Here are a selection of presentations that I've given. Sorry, some are missing because I've lost the relevant files.

2011

Systems-Oriented Social Epistemology and a Humean Approach to Testimony
Invited Faculty Speaker at the Pitt/CMU Graduate Student Conference, Pittsburgh, PA

2010

Answering the intentionality challenge in language: distinguishing between indicatives and imperatives using simple signaling games.
Delivered at University of Missouri, Columbia and Kansas State University
The independence thesis: When individual and social epistemology diverge
Joint work with Conor Mayo-Wilson and David Danks
Delivered at University of Tilburg and London School of Economics
Individual vs. Group Rationality in Inquiry
Joint work with Conor Mayo-Wilson and David Danks
Delivered at Logic, Reason, and Rationality Ghent, Belgium and LOFT 2010, Toulouse, France
Evolutionary Considerations in the Framing of Social Norms
Joint work with Brian Skyrms
Delivered to the Center for Behavioral Decision Research, Carnegie Mellon University
Social Structure and Social Influence
Delivered to the Social Dynamics Seminar, University of California, Irvine

2009

When is information harmful?
Delivered at the Institute for Logic and Cognition, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
Comparative statics in biological game theory: A case study in signaling
Delivered at Carnegie Mellon University
The epistemic benefit of transient diversity
Delivered at University of British Columbia and the University of Alberta
Plasticity and language: An example of the Baldwin effect?
Joint work with Rory Smead
Delivered at University of Wisconsin, Madison
Tutorial: Game theory and the evolution of signaling
See the bibliography
Delivered to the Formal Epistemology Workshop, Pittsburgh, PA
Modeling the DirectiveAssertion Distinction
Delivered at the Pacific APA, Vancouver, BC
When is information harmful?
Delivered at the Workshop on Evolution, Game Theory, and the Social Contract, Irvine, CA

2008

Parameter estimation and social structure
Delivered at Philosophy of Science Association Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA
A simulation study of journal publishing strategies
Delivered at the Workshop on Computer Simulation in Social Epistemology, Leuven, Belgium
Network epsitemology
Delivered at the Formal Methods in Philosophy Workshop, Philadelphia, PA
The Reduction of Strategic Plasticity: Evolution, Game Theory, and the Baldwin Effect
Joint work with Rory Smead
Delivered at Skyrmsfest: 2008 Laguna Workshop in Honor of Brian Skyrms, Laguna Beach, California.

2007

The Epistemic Benefit of Transient Diversity
Delivered at the Formal Epistemology Workshop, Pittsburgh, PA

2006

The Epistemic Benefit of Transient Diversity
Delivered at the Philosophy of Science Association Meeting, Vancouver, BC

2005

Game Theoretic Explanations in Complex Environments
Delivered at the North American Philosophy and Computing Conference, Corvalis, Oregon

2004

Evolutionary Game Theory: The Evolution of Cooperation
Evolution and Signaling Games
Signaling and the Stag Hunt
Delivered at the University of Konstanz, Germany


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About Kevin

Kevin is an assistant professor of philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. His research interests include philosophy of science, philosophy of biology, game theory, and decision theory.

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Kevin Zollman
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