BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:ILLC Website X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Amsterdam X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19700329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19701025T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/NewsandEvents/Archives/2015/newsitem/6888/11- May-2015-AUC-Logic-Guest-Lectures-Sonja-Smets-ILLC - DTSTAMP:20150510T000000 SUMMARY:AUC Logic Guest Lectures, Sonja Smets (ILL C) ATTENDEE;ROLE=Speaker:Sonja Smets (ILLC) DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20150511T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20150511T000000 LOCATION:AUC common room, Science Park 113, Amster dam DESCRIPTION:Abstract: In this presentation I focu s on the 'epistemic potential' of a group of agent s, i.e. the knowledge (or beliefs) that the group may come to possess if all its members join their forces and share their individual information. Amo ng the different notions of group knowledge studie d in the literature, which one can give us a good measure of a group'sepistemic potential? Hence, wh en exactly is the group's ability to track the tru th higher than that of each of its members? I will answer these questions by paying attention to a n umber of different factors that may play a role, i ncluding: the group's dynamics, the structure of t he social network, the individuals' different epis temic interests and agendas, etc. When we take the se realistic conditions into account, an accurate formalization of a group's potential knowledge can be developed. I will illustrate the setting with examples from interrogative scenarios in which we allow inter-agent communication as the group's mai n knowledge-aggregation method.The results reporte d on in this lecture are based on on-going joint w ork with A. Baltag and R. Boddy. For more informa tion, see http://www.auc.nl/news-events/events-and -lectures/upcoming-events-and-lectures/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n
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\n In this presentation I focus on th
e 'epistemic potential' of a group of agents, i.e.
the knowledge (or beliefs) that the group may com
e to possess if all its members join their forces
and share their individual information. Among the
different notions of group knowledge studied in th
e literature, which one can give us a good measure
of a group'sepistemic potential? Hence, when exa
ctly is the group's ability to track the truth hig
her than that of each of its members? I will answe
r these questions by paying attention to a number
of different factors that may play a role, includi
ng: the group's dynamics, the structure of the soc
ial network, the individuals' different epistemic
interests and agendas, etc. When we take these re
alistic conditions into account, an accurate forma
lization of a group's potential knowledge can be d
eveloped. I will illustrate the setting with examp
les from interrogative scenarios in which we allow
inter-agent communication as the group's main kno
wledge-aggregation method.The results reported on
in this lecture are based on on-going joint work w
ith A. Baltag and R. Boddy.
For more information, see http://www.auc.nl/news-events/event s-and-lectures/upcoming-events-and-lectures/ p> URL:/NewsandEvents/Archives/2015/newsitem/6888/11- May-2015-AUC-Logic-Guest-Lectures-Sonja-Smets-ILLC - END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR