Socio-Epistemic Phenomena: 5 Questions

Edited by
Vincent F. Hendricks
Rasmus Rendsvig

August 2013, Automatic Press / VIP
ISBN 978-87-92130-44-0 (paperback)

This is a collection of writings on socio-epistemic phenomena, e.g. pluralistic ignorance, informational cascades, herd behavior, bystander, framing, bandwagon effects, polarization, echo-chambers, etc. These phenomena in the broad sense play most important scientific roles while explaining a significant spread of human behavior and interaction. It is an interdisciplinary field of inquiry uniting themes from social psychology, behavioral science, philosophy, social science, political science, jurisprudence, management science, business, cognitive science, economics and theoretical computer science.

The volume comprises a collection of short interviews with some of the most influential and prominent scholars studying these conundra. We hear their views on these phenomena, their nature, structure, impact (in finance, politics, religion, for social networking etc.), possible resolution guidelines, the future challenges and how their work fits in these regards.

Interviews with among others
Cristina Bicchieri, Damon Centola, Stephan Hartman, David Hirshleifer, James A. Kitts, Timur Kuran, Michael Macy, Erik Olsson, Steven Pinker, Deborah A. Prentice, Cass Sunstein, Ivo Welch, Mirta Galesic