Helena Fang

PhD student in Philosophy @MIT, working on formal epistemology and language.

[Tadeg Quillien @TadegQuillien]

Our paper on the logic of guesses is now out (w/ @NeilBramley and Chris Lucas).

We provide a new information-theoretic perspective on many phenomena (old and new) in judgment under uncertainty.
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[Tadeg Quillien @TadegQuillien]

I wrote a short blog post about our experimental work on the logic of guesses:

[Helena Fang @HelenaXYFang]

@RealBarnimField : i think when ppl say 'might or might not p' they simply ARE conveying trivial information (hence triviality doesn't matter)
Me: oops guess i should stop writing like that in my paper

[Helena Fang @HelenaXYFang]

@JZS_Chen 笑死。。。

[Helena Fang @HelenaXYFang]

@JZS_Chen What is it?

[Helena Fang @HelenaXYFang]

https://t.co/GNXJJKtl7n

[Taisu Zhang @ZhangTaisu]

This would normally be grounds for a Title 6 complaint and investigation.

[Helena Fang @HelenaXYFang]

absolutely shocking

[Probability Fact @ProbFact]

Discrete probability is conceptually easier than continuous probability because counting is easier than measure theory.

[Helena Fang @HelenaXYFang]

growing up is liking Gibbard more and more

[Helena Fang @HelenaXYFang]

@thyacinth Every seminar is a koosh game

[Helena Fang @HelenaXYFang]

After having an unmarked clock in the lounge (p1) now we're also having a broken clock which happens to show the right time two times a day in the seminar room (p2). Clockology in its prime

[Helena Fang @HelenaXYFang]

@LedermanHarvey @UTAustin time to transfer from a pgr top10 to a pgr top8

[Helena Fang @HelenaXYFang]

@nescio13 I took it my sophomore fall cuz it was offered every fall and it was too late when i figured that out in my freshman year. I thought about taking the easier PHIL 33 freshman spring instead, but @EthaHua who was taking it his freshman fall told me to wait for it. He was right.

[Helena Fang @HelenaXYFang]

George was a legendary philosopher of science, but my interactions with him were mostly on logic, an area that was mainly his teaching interest but in which he had great mastery. During my time at Tufts I took nearly 30 courses in the philosophy department. (1/n)

[Helena Fang @HelenaXYFang]

@kennethblackphi and where to draw the line between when I'm convinced and when I'm not

[Helena Fang @HelenaXYFang]

Love how I wasn't (directly) part of any of these yet as I read through there were ten times where I'm like "this is such a George anecdote".

[Digressionsnimpress. @nescio13]

RIP: George Smith (1938-2024) https://t.co/T2PEmoflIS

[Helena Fang @HelenaXYFang]

I'm increasingly convinced that (almost) every problem in philosophy can be reconstructed into a sorites paradox

[Helena Fang @HelenaXYFang]

context https://t.co/eqfaVhxsxg

[Helena Fang @HelenaXYFang]

Over the years George's presence always comes to me. Not just for the philosophy I’ve learned from him and his huge support, but also for a constant sort of fear: how can I become a philosopher and teacher like him? How is that even possible? (11/n)