Thesis Title
Does differential topology provide sufficient structure for non-causal explanations?
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Supervisors:
Primary Supervisor:听Phillip Wilson
Co-Supervisor:听Douglas Campbell
Additional Supervisor:听Clemency Montelle
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Research Interests
- Modal Metaphysics
- Philosophy of Mathematical Modelling
- Analogical Reasoning in Sciences
- Buddhist Philosophy
- Indian Astronomical Traditions
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Academic History
- Visiting PhD Student, University of Cambridge, UK (Jan-June 2022), Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Sponsor: Hasok Chang
- (forthcoming) Visiting PhD Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA (May-June 2023), Department of Philosophy, Sponsor: Bradford Skow
- M.A. in Buddhist Studies, Philosophy and Comparative Religions, Nalanda University, India听
- B. Tech, Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Trichy, India
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Professional History
- Research Fellow, Institute Vienna Circle, University of Vienna, Austria (Oct 2022 鈥 Mar 2023)
- (Invited) Visiting Research, Observatoire de Paris, Spring 2023
- Research Assistant, School of Mathematics and Statistics, 蜜桃儿直播, NZ
- Tutor, Engineering Mathematics 100-level and 200-level, UC, NZ
- Tutor, Philosophy of Science, 100-level, UC, NZ
- Head Content (2014-Present), Insights IAS, Bengaluru, India
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Publications
- Jha, A., Campbell, D., Montelle, C., Wilson, P. Not so distinctively mathematical explanations: topology and dynamical systems. Synthese 200, 193 (2022).听
- Jha, A.K. A Mathematical Model of Dign膩ga鈥檚 Hetu-cakra. Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research (2020).听
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Selected Conference Proceedings
- Are there purely topological explanations of the number of equilibria of pendulum systems?
- 63rd British Applied Mathematics Colloquium (poster), April 2022
- Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute, Graduate Talks on Geometry and Topology, University of Sydney, Aug 2021
- Are Distinctively Mathematical Explanations Causal Explanations in Disguise?
- Causality and Complexity Workshop, University of Salzburg, September 2022
- Australasian Association of Philosophy Conference, June 2022
- Not So Distinctively Mathematical Explanations: Topology and Dynamical Systems
- Xth Conference of the Spanish Society for Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, Nov 2021听
- Understanding and Modality in Distinctively Mathematical Explanations of Complex Systems
- The Rotman Institute of Philosophy鈥檚 Graduate Student Conference: Complexity and Explanation, Western University, May 2021
