Kevin Dorst

"Rational Polarization" is now forthcoming in The Philosophical Review!

philpapers.org/rec/DORRP-2
(Shorter version: kevindorst.com/uploads/8/8/1/…)

5 years in the making; still lots more to figure out. Here's the TLDR, and a detailed summary:

Philosopher needs math help:

Suppose P is an irreducible, aperiodic transition matrix with not all rows equal. Does it follow that P^2 has some unequal rows? What about P^n for finite n?

Obviously it's converging to the stationary. Can it reach it in finite time?

With the help of @UNC_AEP and @AWorsnip, just came out with a new explainer-video on the epistemology of polarization.

Does polarization provide evidence for irrationality?

youtube.com/watch?v=h9ndBi…

New paper! "Reflection, Introspection, and Book".
With Kevin Zollman. (Yes, finally a Kevin & Kevin paper.)
philpapers.org/rec/ZOLRIA

We try to sort out the debate on whether there's a (legit) Dutch book argument for the Reflection principle. It's subtle.

Some folks...

Trump won the popular vote. What does that mean about the US electorate?

Less than you think.

Most people are badly wrong about their political opponents—a finding called the "perception gap".

I wrote about why this matters for liberals right now:
kevindorst.com/sa_nightmare.h…