About
Welcome to my academic website. I am a PhD candidate in Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong, supervised by Prof. Simon Goldstein.
Before beginning my PhD, I completed my BA in Philosophy at Peking University and my MLitt in Philosophy at the University of St Andrews.
I work in epistemology and decision theory. A central theme of my research is how agents should manage their beliefs, choices, and inquiries when faced with uncertainty, limited information, and competing considerations. I use formal tools to investigate topics including epistemic attitudes, inquiry, decision-making, information aggregation, and the relationship between epistemic and practical norms, with further interests in the philosophy of AI.
This website provides an overview of my research and academic activities. Here I share my current projects, publications, and other scholarly work. Please feel free to contact me at liuyumin98@gmail.com if you would like to discuss my research or related topics.
Selected Work
View All →Prior Adjustments and Moral Encroachment on Credences
Yumin Liu
Synthese
A Bayesian account of moral encroachment on credences through prior adjustment.
Suspension as Delay: Toward a Decision-Theoretic Credal Theory
Yumin Liu
A decision-theoretic account of suspension of judgment as rational delayed commitment for future information and deliberation.
Inquiry, Supererogation, and Zetetic Norms
Yumin Liu
A two-threshold decision-theoretic framework explaining inquiry norms through expected epistemic utility.