Research

A collection of my research work.

Prior Adjustments and Moral Encroachment on Credences

Yumin Liu

Synthese 2026

A Bayesian account of moral encroachment on credences through prior adjustment.

DOIPDF

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.

Belief Stability and Action Stability

Yumin Liu

A decision-theoretic account of belief stability and action stability, explaining how beliefs can remain stable under changing evidence while continuing to guide coherent action over time.

Procreation and Moral Reasons: Balancing Prerogatives and Harm

Yumin Liu

A philosophical analysis of procreation and harm that argues, through a framework of overall reasons and supererogation, that not creating a person with a not-worth-living life may be a moral ideal rather than an obligation.