Transcript of Conference on Political Ignorance and Dogmatism, August 31, 2008

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS | Jeffrey Friedman (Editor, Critical Review)

ROUNDTABLE 1. PUBLIC IGNORANCE: RATIONAL, IRRATIONAL, OR INEVITABLE?
Panelists:
Bryan Caplan (economics, George Mason University)
Jeffrey Friedman (government, University of Texas at Austin)
Ilya Somin (law, George Mason University)
Discussant:
Nassim Nicholas Taleb (risk engineering, New York Univeristy)
Moderator:
Scott Althaus (political science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

ROUNDTABLE 2. IGNORANCE AND ERROR
Panelists:
John Bullock (political science, Yale University)
Arthur Lupia (political science, University of Michigan)
Paul Quirk (political science, University of British Columbia)
Discussant:
Scott Althaus (political science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Moderator:
Jeffrey Friedman (government, University of Texas at Austin)

ROUNDTABLE 3. POLITICAL IGNORANCE, EMPIRICAL REALITIES
Panelists:
Samuel DeCanio (political science, Georgetown University)
Michael H. Murakami (political science, Yale University)
Nick Weller (political science, University of Southern California)
Discussant:
David R. Mayhew (political science, Yale University)
Moderator:
Jeffrey Friedman (government, University of Texas at Austin)

ROUNDTABLE 4. POLITICAL DOGMATISM
Panelists:
David Barash (psychology, University of Washington)
George E. Marcus (political science, Williams College)
Charles S. Taber (political science, Stony Brook University)
Discussant:
Jeffrey Friedman (government, University of Texas at Austin)
Moderator:
Scott Althaus (political science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

ROUNDTABLE 5. NORMATIVE IMPLICATIONS
Panelists:
Tom Hoffman (political science, Spring Hill College)
Ilya Somin (law, George Mason University)
Russell Muirhead (government, University of Texas at Austin)
Mark Pennington (political science, University of London)
Discussant/Moderator:
Jeffrey Friedman (government, University of Texas at Austin)

CLOSING REMARKS | Jeffrey Friedman (Editor, Critical Review)