IISER MOHALI

Research Area

Philosophy of Science, Logic,  Political Philosophy, Post-Structuralism, Buddhist Epistemology

Research Interests

My research interests lie at the intersection of reasoning, methodology, and the conceptual frameworks that underpin diverse knowledge systems—ranging from scientific theories and legal judgments to political thought and public reasoning.

In the philosophy of science, I focus on the Bayesian analysis of the confirmation relation between hypotheses and evidence. I also examine the structural and argumentative features of historically significant scientific debates, with particular attention to the EPR argument. My aim is to reconstruct and evaluate these arguments through a formal lens, thereby clarifying the epistemological commitments embedded within them.

Building on these themes, I extend Bayesian reasoning and methodological principles into the field of legal epistemology. This line of work involves analyzing the inferential patterns underlying landmark judicial judgments, with the goal of developing a structured account of reasoning practices in law.

In the area of political philosophy, my recent work engages with normative democratic theory, especially as articulated in B.R. Ambedkar’s distinction between social and political democracy, and his emphasis on constitutional forms of protest. In a closely related inquiry, I explore post-structuralist thought, particularly through Charles Taylor’s notion of "frameworks," and examine resonances between post-structuralist concerns and classical Buddhist philosophies.