I am a PhD student in Philosophy at MIT, advised by Kevin Dorst.
I work on (formal) epistemology and philosophy of language.
Before MIT, I received my MA in Philosophy (2024) and BA in Philosophy and Mathematics (2019–2023) from Tufts University. Before that I was born and raised in Beijing, China.
You may reach me at hfang811 [at] mit.edu.
Guessing and its Limits
R&R at Philosophy and Phenomenological Research
draft available
TLDR: I present a novel puzzle for a recent "question-sensitive" theory of guessing/belief in multi-question scenarios. The problem generalizes to formally parallel theories of attitudes and modals.
[a paper on normality]
[a paper on knowledge and certainty]
TBA
Northeastern Epistemology Workshop, Boston, April 2026
Comments on Adrian Liu's "Finding Balance in Uncertain Times"
Central APA Symposium, Chicago, February 2026
Comments on Chenhao Lu's "On the Pragmatics of Belief Ascriptions"
(Response to "Guessing and its Limits")
Eastern APA Symposium, Baltimore, January 2026
Two Tales of Normality
Beijing International Summer Workshop on Formal Philosophy (BISFORM), Peking Univeristy, Beijing, July 2025
MATTI, MIT, April 2025
Guessing and its Limits
Formal Epistemology Workshop (FEW), Reykjavík, May 2025
Second Inquiry Network Workshop, Memphis, March 2025
MATTI, MIT, October 2024
Epistemology Reading Group, MIT, April 2024
STRUCTURA Third Anniversary Workshop, February 2024
Beijing International Summer Workshop on Formal Philosophy (BISFORM) 2023, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, July 2023
Comments on David Hunter's "Sortal Quality and the Ethics of Believing"
MITing of the Minds, MIT, January 2025
me in action; photo by Yong Xin Hui
