I Know You Above All; I Know You Not

I Think You Know That I Know That You Think : Epistemology and Interactive Digital Art

Contents 1 Abstract 2 Introduction 3 Discovery 9 Reflection 13 Synthesis 18 Conclusion 20 Appendix 21 Glossary 22 Bibliography 1 Abstract I create computer simulations that illustrate some aspect of meta-knowledge (ie. knowledge about knowledge.) Building from my earlier art and a discussion about epistemology (the scholarly discipline of meta-knowledge,) my thesis artwork is based on the princ...

Do I know that you know what you know? Modeling testimony in causal inference

We rely on both our own observations and on others’ testimony when making causal inferences. To integrate these sources of information we must consider an informant’s statements about the world, her expressed level of certainty, her previous accuracy, and perhaps her apparent self-knowledge – how accurately she conveys her own certainty. It can be difficult to tease apart the contributions of a...

I know what you did after school.

A17-year-old male presented to the emergency department in a blood-stained school uniform. He looked weak and pale. He was rushed to the major-resuscitation area. He had apparently been stabbed multiple times after school. The weapon was a narrow, 6-inch knife. Primary survey revealed an intact airway and slightly diminished breath sounds over the right lung field. His trachea was midline, and ...

You know I can't hear you when the water's running.

Do you know what you don't know?