Research
A collection of my research work.
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.