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A. V. Ravishankar Sarma
PhD (IIT Mumbai)
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Email: avrs[AT]iitk.ac.in
Office Phone: 0512-259-6137
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Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Specialization
Logic (formal and Philosophical), Formal Epistemology, Philosophy of Science
Research Interest
Belief Revision, Causality, Scientific Theory Change
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Education
- PhD, Philosophy, IIT Mumbai, 2006
On Causal and COnstructive Modeling of Belief Revision
Prof. G. SIvakumar, Prof. Ramasubramaniam, Prof. Amitabha Gupta
- M.A., Philosophy, University of Hyderabad, 1998
- M.Sc., Physics, Kakatiya University, Warangal, 1996
Website(s)
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Logic Philosophy of Science
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Some problems concerning semantics of causal counterfactuals, in the proceedings of Workshopon conditionals, information and Implication (WoCoii-2002), Hagen, Germany, pp 157--169,2002
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Belief revision and semantics of counterfactuals, in the proceedings of Workshop on conditionals, information and Implication (WoCoii-2002), Hagen, Germany, pp 170{182, 2002
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Causality and the dynamics of Belief, in the proceedings of International conference on Cognitive science(ICCS04), 2004
Conference Papers:
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On causal relevance in Belief change, student sessions at First Indian conference on Logic and its applications to other disciplines (FICS05), IIT Bombay, Mumbai, 2005.
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Role of causal knowledge in Belief revision, Contributory talks on Third summer school on"causality, uncertainty and Ignorance, Konstanz, Germany, 2004.
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On Causal Epistemic Ranking of beliefs, Degrees of belief DOB-2004 , Uni-Konstanz, Germany, 2004
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On an explanatory driven belief revision system, in the sixth European Congress for AnalyticalPhilosophy (ECAP 6), Volume of abstracts, pp 105, published by Jagillonian University press,Poland, 2008
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Causal Relevance in Belief revision-1, First World Congress and school on Universal Logic,Montreux, Switzerland, 2005
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On some Philosophical Implications of Nagarjuna's theory of causality, UGC National Seminar on BUddhist applied Philosophy, Nagarjuna University, 2014
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Counterfactuals in common sense reasoning: A logical Approach, National seminar on New Challenges and Avenues in Philosophy, SMVDU, Jammu, 2014
Working Papers:
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In defence of Scientific Realism: a Structuralist approach
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Role of Abductive Reasoning in Belief Revision.
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Role of Abductive reasoning in the scientific Discoverey: A case study of History and Philosophy of Science
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Post doctoral fellow, IIM Bangalore, February 2006- September 30 2006
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GLoRiClass fellow, ILLC, Amsterdam, October - December 2006
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Post doctoral fellow, HBCSE, TIFR, February-May 2007
Office
Faculty Building: FB- 659,
Department of HUmanities and Social Sciences
Office Phone: 0512-259-6137 (O) / 0512-0259-8208 (R)
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