I’m a PhD student in philosophy at Stockholm University, specialized in formal epistemology and semantics. I think and write about rational belief, rational inquiry, and the relation between the two.

I started as a PhD student in February, 2019. Before this, I got a Master’s degree in logic from University of Amsterdam in 2018, and a Bachelor’s degree in philosophy (with a minor in linguistics) from Stockholm University in 2016.

Since 2020 I am affiliated with the project Knowledge Resistance.

Sedan 2021 är jag del av redaktionen för Svensk Filosofi, som syftar till att synliggöra svensk forskning och utbildning i filosofi. Där har jag även skrivit om språkfilosofi.

Feel free to email me for drafts or discussion.

Decision rules for imprecise Lockeans

I outline some ways to establish a utility-theoretic Lockean thesis connecting our rational beliefs to our rational imprecise credences.

Relevance and the aim of inquiry

I develop a relevance-first theory of rational inquiry, and relate it to accuracy-first theories of rational belief/credence.

Question-sensitive beliefs and question-sensitive contents

In a certain sense, our beliefs are question-sensitive. I reason about how this assumption should (not) affect our semantics of belief reports as well as our general theory of communication.

Minimal rationality of fragmented and question-sensitive beliefs

Joint work with Dr. Saúl Fernández González. We study the logic of fragmented and question-sensitive beliefs, and use it to propose some minimal rationality constraints for agents with such beliefs.

2021

Factive islands and interrogative logical triviality. PDF

Proceedings of Semantics and Linguistic Theory 30.

2020

The semantics and pragmatics of nouns in concealed
questions. PDF

Semantics & Pragmatics 13(7).

2019

Sortal versus relational nouns in concealed questions.

Proceedings of Chicago Linguistic Society 54. Superseded by The semantics and pragmatics of nouns in concealed questions.

Inquisitive logical triviality and grammar. PDF

MSc thesis, University of Amsterdam. Partially superseded by Unacceptability in Yucatec Maya revisited.

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Unacceptability in Yucatec Maya revisited.

Manuscript to be reworked into a reply paper. Email me for a copy.

For a complete list, see my CV.

2023

Imprecise decision rules for Lockeans. Poster

Poster presentation at 13th ISIPTA, University of Oviedo, July 2023.

2020

Delusions and other question-sensitive beliefs. Handout

Talk at fifth PLM workshop (topic: Delusions in language and mind), University of Amsterdam, October 2020.

Factive islands and interrogative logical triviality. Slides

Talk at SALT 30, Cornell University (on-line), August 2020.

2019

Sources of meaning-driven unacceptability. Abstract

Talk at Principles of Formal Semantics, Stockholm University, September 2019.

Inquisitive logical triviality and questions in Yucatec Maya. Handout

Talk at third InqBnB workshop, University of Amsterdam, June 2019.

2018

Sortal versus relational nouns in concealed questions.

Talk at CLS 54, University of Chicago, April 2018.

For courses taught as assistant, see my CV.

Metod - Argumentation, semantik och formell logik.

2020, 2021. Gavs som del av Teoretisk Filosofi I.

Slides - Kursdel I

Argument I Argument II Mängdlära Semantik I Semantik II Semantik III Repetition I

Slides - Kursdel II

Satslogik I Satslogik II Satslogik III Predikatlogik I Predikatlogik II Predikatlogik III Repetition II

Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University, Room D763.

• hana.kalpak@philosophy.su.se