About
I am now a tenure-track research fellow at South China Normal University, Guangzhou. I received my Ph.D. from Zhejiang University (2026) and was a visiting student at the University of Zurich (2023-24).
My research focus primarily on epistemology and ethics. I aim to develop a unified pragmatist account of the normativity of mental attitudes, including belief, emotion, and love.
Specific interests in this period:
- belief and reasons for belief
- emotion and reasons for emotion
- emotional and epistemic reliance (attachment) on AI
- social system and social norm
- incommensurability and incomparability
- reasons and fittingness
Selected Publications
View All →When Is Evidence No Longer Prior?
Xian He
Analytic Philosophy
Fitting Love and Uniqueness
Xian He
Ethical Theory and Moral Practice
News
2026-07
I officially joined South China Normal University. Now I am an Associate Research Fellow at the Institute for Science, Technology and Society.
2026-06
Received my PhD in Philosophy from Zhejiang University.