Ning Fan
Ning Fan
Graduate Student
Education
M.A. Philosophy, National Tsing Hua University (Taiwan)
B.A. Philosophy, National Tsing Hua University (Taiwan)
Research
My primary research interests are in ethics, with a particular focus on issues related to life and death. I am also interested in epistemology, especially the relation between self-knowledge and rational agency.
Publications
“Achievements, Free Will, and Meaning in Life” (with David Palmer), forthcoming in Synthese.
“Two Kinds of Arguments Against the Fittingness of Fearing Death,” forthcoming in Journal of Value Inquiry.
“Why Avowals Must be Assertions,” Philosophical Investigations, 46(2): 221-239. (2023)
“Transparent Self-Knowledge of Attitudes and Emotions: A Davidsonian Attempt,” International Philosophical Quarterly, 61(3): 275–284. (2021)
Teaching
PHIL 101: Introduction to Philosophy