Chenhao Lu
@chenhao345.bsky.social
PhD student at UMD philosophy. Most interested in the puzzles surrounding "might", "may", and "if". Always wondering whether I know what I know.
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I'm excited to share that my first paper "Guessing and its Limits" is forthcoming in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research!
Thread below. TLDR: I present a novel puzzle for a recent "question-sensitive" theory of guessing/belief in multi-question scenarios.
philpapers.org/rec/FANGAI-2
Thread below. TLDR: I present a novel puzzle for a recent "question-sensitive" theory of guessing/belief in multi-question scenarios.
philpapers.org/rec/FANGAI-2
Helena Fang, Guessing and its Limits - PhilPapers
Guessing is the thesis that, roughly put, you may believe something iff it is among the most probable answers to a salient question. The thesis is motivated by observed features of ...
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January 17, 2026 at 2:42 PM
I'm excited to share that my first paper "Guessing and its Limits" is forthcoming in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research!
Thread below. TLDR: I present a novel puzzle for a recent "question-sensitive" theory of guessing/belief in multi-question scenarios.
philpapers.org/rec/FANGAI-2
Thread below. TLDR: I present a novel puzzle for a recent "question-sensitive" theory of guessing/belief in multi-question scenarios.
philpapers.org/rec/FANGAI-2
Reposted by Chenhao Lu
Come to our session at the Eastern APA next week! @chenhao345.bsky.social will present an excellent solution to my puzzle about inter-question guessing (so-called "weak belief"); then @benholguin.bsky.social and I will respond. (AFAIK this is the first response in the literature!) Should be fun.
January 2, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Come to our session at the Eastern APA next week! @chenhao345.bsky.social will present an excellent solution to my puzzle about inter-question guessing (so-called "weak belief"); then @benholguin.bsky.social and I will respond. (AFAIK this is the first response in the literature!) Should be fun.
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FARM is happening next Friday and Saturday at UMD!
We have a great roster of speakers and commentators, and I'm beyond excited for it.
If you want to join us, the conference is open to all and free. Please just register following the link from the website:
sites.google.com/view/farm202...
We have a great roster of speakers and commentators, and I'm beyond excited for it.
If you want to join us, the conference is open to all and free. Please just register following the link from the website:
sites.google.com/view/farm202...
FARM 2025
FARM is a new conference that aims at bringing together researchers working on meaning (including, but not limited to, semantics of natural language) and researchers working on reasoning and rational ...
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October 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
FARM is happening next Friday and Saturday at UMD!
We have a great roster of speakers and commentators, and I'm beyond excited for it.
If you want to join us, the conference is open to all and free. Please just register following the link from the website:
sites.google.com/view/farm202...
We have a great roster of speakers and commentators, and I'm beyond excited for it.
If you want to join us, the conference is open to all and free. Please just register following the link from the website:
sites.google.com/view/farm202...
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Pleased to announce that my paper, “Common Ground, Conditionals, and Ceteris Paribus Pragmatics,” is forthcoming in the Australasian Journal of Philosophy! 🧵
Kenneth Black, Common Ground, Conditionals, and _Ceteris Paribus_ Pragmatics - PhilArchive
In conversation, we make use of shared information in order to communicate. But what shared information? In theorising about conversation, it’s popular to allot a privileged position to a single body ...
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July 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Pleased to announce that my paper, “Common Ground, Conditionals, and Ceteris Paribus Pragmatics,” is forthcoming in the Australasian Journal of Philosophy! 🧵