The Applied Epistemology Project @ UNC

The Applied Epistemology Project has wrapped up, having run the 4-year course for which it was funded. However, our website is staying online to make the resources developed by the project available in perpetuity. Thread highlighting those resources (inc. a new one) below.♥️

Excited to share our fifth & final explainer video! (These are 5 min animations introducing applied epistemology concepts for a wide audience.) This one's on partisanship, featuring a script by Rishi Joshi! Please share & consider using in teaching!
youtube.com/watch?v=ke2cfa…

Very excited to share our fourth "explainer video". (These are ~5 min animations introducing applied epistemology concepts for a wide audience.) This one's on ignorance, featuring a script by Jessie Munton! Please share and consider using in teaching!
youtube.com/watch?v=DOj3ui…

We're delighted to announce the fourth (and final!) Applied Epistemology Project workshop, on Applied Epistemology in Times of Political Crisis, here at UNC on March 6-7, 2025. (1/3)

New blog post! AEP postdoc Will Conner discusses recent accusations that Meta cheated on AI benchmark tests, leading to a broader discussion of the value of such tests drawing on Thi Nguyen's work on gamification and value capture. Check it out!
aep.unc.edu/2025/07/09/gam…