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Benjamin Edgar Eva

Associate Professor of Philosophy
Philosophy

Overview


Hi! I am an associate professor of philosophy at Duke University where, amongst other things, I organise the Duke Causation Group and the Duke/UNC Epistemology Workshop.

I have a wide range of research interests, but these days I work mostly on epistemology, decision theory, the philosophy of probability and causal inference. 

Before coming to Duke, I was an Alexander von Humboldt research fellow and 5-year Zukunftskolleg research fellow at the University of Konstanz. Before Konstanz, I was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, and before that I was a PhD student at the University of Bristol.

Personal website: https://be0367.wixsite.com/benevaphilosophy

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Associate Professor of Philosophy · 2024 - Present Philosophy, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

In the News


Published September 25, 2024
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Recent Publications


An impossibility theorem for Base Rate Tracking and Equalized Odds

Journal Article Analysis United Kingdom · October 1, 2024 There is a theorem that shows that it is impossible for an algorithm to jointly satisfy the statistical fairness criteria of Calibration and Equalized Odds non-trivially. But what about the recently advocated alternative to Calibration, Base Rate Tracking? ... Full text Cite

Comparative Learning

Journal Article Philosophy of Science · January 2024 AbstractThis article concerns the diachronic rationality norms for comparative confidence judgments, that is, judgments of the form “I am at least as confident in Full text Cite

Individual Fairness, Base Rate Tracking and the Lipschitz Condition

Journal Article JOURNAL OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH · 2024 Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


University of Bristol (United Kingdom) · 2015 Ph.D.