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Home » Ning Fan

Ning Fan

Ning Fan

November 5, 2023 by Ning Fan

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Email
nfan1@vols.utk.edu
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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 and philosophy of mind. Within these areas, I focus on the normative notion of fittingness and its applications in other debates, such as fear of death and trust in AI. I am also interested in epistemology, especially the relation between self-knowledge and rational agency.

Publications

“Two Kinds of Arguments Against the Fittingness of Fearing Death,” forthcoming in Journal of Value Inquiry.

“Explainability Is Necessary for AI’s Trustworthiness,” Philosophy & Technology, 38 (1): 1–5.  (2025)

“Achievements, Free Will, and Meaning in Life” (with David Palmer), Synthese, 204 (5): 1–19. (2024)

“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

Department of Philosophy

College of Arts and Sciences

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