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Benjamin A Levinstein

Associate Professor

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Department of Philosophy

Benjamin A Levinstein is currently serving as a College Of Liberal Arts & Sciences Associate Professor at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

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Benjamin A Levinstein

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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philosophy epistemology rationality decision science decision theory inference behavioral decision making cognitive science pragmatics human decision process law approximate reasoning automated reasoning formal epistemology belief function philosophical logic applied philosophy uncertain reasoning bounded rationality plausible reasoning epistemic logic belief revision bias behavioral economics social choice logic in computer science rational choice evidential reasoning belief merging rational agent statistics persuasion intellectual discourse economic behavior theoretical economics semantic evaluation applied linguistics knowledge-based systems public health ethics imprecise probabilities argumentation analysis opinion aggregation utility-driven model revealed preferences causal reasoning causality causal models language recognition deception detection language engineering large language models normative theory reasoning about action sexual consent informed consent ecological rationality philosophical inquiry intelligent decision making dempster-shafer theory doxastic logic behavioural psychology jeffrey conditionalization brier score irrational updating procedure epistemic good rational preference epdt encourages practical success epistemic utility expected loss middle way deference done better new reflection utility theory subjunctive dependence subjunctive dependencies dynamic epistemic logic artificial intelligence

Notable Scholarly Works

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Standards for Belief Representations in Llms: Standards for Belief Representations in Llms: D. a. Herrmann, B. a. Levinstein. Minds and Machines (2025)

Benjamin A Levinstein

belief mergingbelief revisionbelief representationslogic in computer scienceepistemologybelief functiondoxastic logica. levinsteinpragmaticsinferenceautomated reasoningformal epistemologyd. a. herrmanninterpretationcognitive sciencephilosophyphilosophical logicknowledge representation and reasoning

Tickles, Iteration, and Habits. Theory and Decision (2025)

Kenny EaswaranBenjamin A. LevinsteinTed Shear

behavioural processbehavioural psychologyhuman behaviorbehavioral measurementsbehavioral researchcognitive sciencecognitionpsychological sciencebehavioral sciences

Bigger, Badder Bugs. Mind (2024)

Benjamin A LevinsteinJack Spencer

badder bugsbounded rationalityfairnesstrustphilosophical inquirydecision scienceepistemologyprincipal principlerationalityphilosophy of sciencehumean superveniencebehavioral decision makingphilosophyapplied philosophyethical theorybehavioral sciences

Evidential Decision Theory and the Ostrich. Philosophers Imprint (2024)

Benjamin A Levinstein

evidential reasoningdempster-shafer theoryevidential decision theorydecision scienceepistemologydecision theoryinferenceautomated reasoningmathematicsphilosophical logicbelief function

Standards for Belief Representations in Llms. Minds and Machines (2024)

Daniel A. HerrmannBenjamin A. Levinstein

belief mergingbelief revisionapproximate reasoningepistemologybelief functioninferencedata sciencebelief representationscomputer scienceknowledge-based systemsautomated reasoningknowledge representation and reasoning

Still No Lie Detector for Language Models: Probing Empirical and Conceptual Roadblocks. Philosophical Studies (2024)

Benjamin A. LevinsteinDaniel A. Herrmann

language recognitiondeception detectioncomputational linguisticslanguage engineeringconceptual roadblockssemantic evaluationlanguage modelsnatural language processinglanguagelie detectorapplied linguisticslinguisticslarge language modelspsycholinguistics

Accuracy, Deference, and Chance. The Philosophical Review (2023)

Benjamin A. Levinstein

uncertainty analysistrusttrust principlerational agentuncertain reasoningbiasdecision sciencehuman decision processepistemologyapproximate reasoningbelief functiondecision theoryrationalitychance dependscognitive sciencephilosophyplausible reasoningbehavioral decision making

Decision Theory Without Luminosity. Mind (2023)

Yoaav IsaacsBenjamin A Levinstein

uncertainty analysisinaccessible factsuncertain reasoningdecision scienceapproximate reasoninghuman decision processdecision theoryrationalityintelligent decision makinginferencecognitive sciencephilosophydecision theoriesbehavioral decision making

Probability and Informed Consent. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics (2023)

Nir Ben-MosheBenjamin A. LevinsteinJonathan Livengood

sexual consentpublic health ethicslawinformed consentresearch ethics

Title Pending 3176. Philosophers Imprint (2023)

Benjamin Anders LevinsteinYoaav Isaacs

bounded rationalityirrational policydavid lewisdecision scienceepistemologylawdecision theoryrationalitypragmaticsecological rationalityfunctional decision theoryformal epistemologyrational choicehuman decision processphilosophyapplied philosophyplausible reasoningbehavioral decision making

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Benjamin A Levinstein

Associate Professor

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Affiliations

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Department of Philosophy

Benjamin A Levinstein is currently serving as a College Of Liberal Arts & Sciences Associate Professor at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Honors

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Experiences

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Benjamin A Levinstein

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Standards for Belief Representations in Llms: Standards for Belief Representations in Llms: D. a. Herrmann, B. a. Levinstein. Minds and Machines (2025)

Benjamin A Levinstein

Tickles, Iteration, and Habits. Theory and Decision (2025)

Kenny EaswaranBenjamin A. LevinsteinTed Shear

behavioural processbehavioural psychologyhuman behaviorbehavioral measurementsbehavioral researchcognitive sciencecognitionpsychological sciencebehavioral sciences

Bigger, Badder Bugs. Mind (2024)

Benjamin A LevinsteinJack Spencer

Evidential Decision Theory and the Ostrich. Philosophers Imprint (2024)

Benjamin A Levinstein

evidential reasoningdempster-shafer theoryevidential decision theorydecision scienceepistemologydecision theoryinferenceautomated reasoningmathematicsphilosophical logicbelief function

Standards for Belief Representations in Llms. Minds and Machines (2024)

Daniel A. HerrmannBenjamin A. Levinstein

Still No Lie Detector for Language Models: Probing Empirical and Conceptual Roadblocks. Philosophical Studies (2024)

Benjamin A. LevinsteinDaniel A. Herrmann

Accuracy, Deference, and Chance. The Philosophical Review (2023)

Benjamin A. Levinstein

Decision Theory Without Luminosity. Mind (2023)

Yoaav IsaacsBenjamin A Levinstein

Probability and Informed Consent. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics (2023)

Nir Ben-MosheBenjamin A. LevinsteinJonathan Livengood

sexual consentpublic health ethicslawinformed consentresearch ethics

Title Pending 3176. Philosophers Imprint (2023)

Benjamin Anders LevinsteinYoaav Isaacs

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