Wanhong HUANG

Theory of Mind in Clarifying Dialogue: Inferring Another Person's Interpretation from Relational History

Clarifying dialogue can supply evidence about another person's interpretation while changing the interpretation being investigated. This paper develops a relational-history account of the resulting inference problem. It separates current coordination, retrospective attribution, a...

Astronomy and Politics: Celestial Order and Political Reflection

This paper develops a historical and philosophical inquiry into the reciprocal relations between astronomy and politics. The inquiry begins from the observation that human communities have repeatedly looked to the heavens when interpreting political order, while political institu...

Astronomy and Politics: Celestial Order and Political Reflection

This paper develops a historical and philosophical inquiry into the reciprocal relations between astronomy and politics. The inquiry begins from the observation that human communities have repeatedly looked to the heavens when interpreting political order, while political institu...

An Astronomy-Inspired Political Epistemology: Governing across Heterogeneous Presents

This paper develops an astronomy-inspired political epistemology for governance in systems whose relevant actors, evidence, institutions, and processes evolve through heterogeneous temporal and relational conditions. Modern political institutions routinely construct common tempor...

Distinguishing Decision Commitment from Changes in Available Futures in Generative Relational Models

A decision can settle a person's practical stance while the person's modeled opportunities remain unchanged. Conversely, an external disturbance can change available futures without constituting a decision. This paper examines those two possibilities within a generative relationa...

Distinguishing Decision Commitment from Changes in Available Futures in Generative Relational Models

A decision can settle a person's practical stance while the person's modeled opportunities remain unchanged. Conversely, an external disturbance can change available futures without constituting a decision. This paper examines those two possibilities within a generative relationa...

An Astronomy-Inspired Political Epistemology: Governing across Heterogeneous Presents

This paper develops an astronomy-inspired political epistemology for governance in systems whose relevant actors, evidence, institutions, and processes evolve through heterogeneous temporal and relational conditions. Modern political institutions routinely construct common tempor...

Reconstructing Cumulative Causal Histories in Institutional Inquiries into Workplace Harassment

An internal workplace inquiry may accurately record a final incident while leaving a cumulative causal question unresolved. This paper develops a framework for reconstructing such histories in inquiries into alleged workplace harassment. The analysis separates occurrence, experie...

Theory of Mind in Clarifying Dialogue: Inferring Another Person's Interpretation from Relational History

Clarifying dialogue can supply evidence about another person's interpretation while changing the interpretation being investigated. This paper develops a relational-history account of the resulting inference problem. It separates current coordination, retrospective attribution, a...

On Historical Judgment and Manifestation: A Preliminary Generative Relational Perspective

This paper develops a preliminary Generative Relational perspective on historical judgment, political advancement, and praxis. In continuity with historical-materialist and praxis-oriented approaches, it begins from the proposition that political forms and their evaluation cannot...