Helena Fang
Helena Fang
about
I am a second-year PhD student in Philosophy at MIT, advised by Kevin Dorst.
I mainly work on epistemology and philosophy of language, with interests in metaphysics, decision theory, and philosophical logic.
Before MIT, I studied philosophy and mathematics at Tufts University. Before that I was born and raised in Beijing, China.
You may reach me at hfang811 [at] mit.edu.
Here's my cv.
publication
Guessing and its Limits. forthcoming in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research.
I present a puzzle for a "question-sensitive" theory of belief/guessing 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 reports]
[a paper on externalist Bayesianism]
recent presentations
Evidence Noncontrastivism, Or: What is Evidence, and What Do We Want it to Be?
Beyond Basic Bayesianism, Helsinki, May 2026
Orange Beach Epistemology Workshop, Alabama, May 2026
Northeastern Epistemology Workshop, Boston, April 2026
M.A.T.T.I., MIT, March 2026