Abhishek Kashyap 

Abhishek Kashyap 

Assistant Professor 
Education: PhD
Philosophy
abhishek.kashyap@iitg.ac.in
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Room No: 118
Personal Website

Research Interests: Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Physics, Bayesian Epistemology, Social Epistemology

Journal Publications


1. Abhishek Kashyap, "General Relativity, MOND, and the problem of unconceived alternatives", European Journal for Philosophy of Science, vol.13 [2023], doi.org/10.1007/s13194-023-00532-x

2. Abhishek Kashyap and Vikram Sirola, "The Duhem-Quine problem for equiprobable conjuncts", Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A, vol.75, pp.43-50 [2019], https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsa.2018.09.002

3. Abhishek Kashyap and Vikram Sirola, "The Plausibility and Significance of Underdetermination Arguments", Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research, vol.36, pp.339-356 [2019], https://doi.org/10.1007/s40961-018-0167-5

Conference Proceedings


1. Abhishek Kashyap, "Institutions as epistemic authorities", National Conference on Contemporary Issues in Epistemology, [2017]

Book Chapter


1. Abhishek Kashyap and Vipul Dutta, "Introduction" , Policies for Research and Innovation , Springer , pp.1 [2024] https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-97-5681-0_1

Books


1. Sukanya Sharma, Ramgopal VS Uppaluri, Vipul Dutta, and Abhishek Kashyap (editors), Policies for Research and Innovation, Springer [2024], https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-97-5681-0

Others


1. Abhishek Kashyap, "Review of 'Science, Policy, and the Value Free Ideal' by Heather E. Douglas", Gauhati University Journal of Philosophy, Gauhati University Press, vol.8, pp.122-127 [2023]

2. Abhishek Kashyap, "The Promised Land: Annexation and Terrorism", Newslaundry [2014], https://www.newslaundry.com/2014/08/20/the-promised-land-annexation-and-terrorism

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Attended


Title: Towards an Epistemically Robust Midwifery in India

Name of Conference: Lisbon International Conference on Philosophy of Science

Centre for Philosophy of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal Jul 12, 2023 - Jul 15, 2023 International
Title: A dilemma concerning consensus in science

Name of Conference: Lisbon International Conference on Philosophy of Science

Centre for Philosophy of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal Jul 12, 2023 - Jul 15, 2023 International
Title: Quinean underdetermination and its significance

Name of Conference: PSGI Seminar on Realism and Confirmation

Philosophy of Science India, IIT Kanpur, Kanpur Jan 4, 2017 - Jan 6, 2017 National
Title: Institutions as epistemic authorities

Name of Conference: Conference on Contemporary Issues in Epistemology

ICPR, ICPR Research Centre, Lucknow Jan 21, 2017 - Jan 24, 2017 National
Title: Underdetermination, disagreement, and the missing-mass problem

Name of Conference: International Conference on Dark Matter and Modified Gravity

RWTH Aachen, Aachen Feb 6, 2019 - Feb 8, 2019 International
Title: Underdetermination of theories, theories of gravity, and the gravity of underdetermination

Name of Conference: 16th Congress of Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science and Technology

Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague Aug 5, 2019 - Aug 10, 2019 International

Invited


Title: The Debate Over Values in Science –Methodological Reflections

Name of Conference: Philosophical Methodology from Indian and Western Perspectives (ICPR seminar)

Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam Mar 21, 2024 - Mar 22, 2024 National

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Title: Underdetermination-induced disagreement: What is it and why does it matter

Name of Invited Lecture: Evidence, Models, and Explanation

Philosophy of Science India, Online Aug 22, 2020 - Dec 12, 2020 International View