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Thesis Title

Does differential topology provide sufficient structure for non-causal explanations?

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Supervisors:

Primary Supervisor:��Phillip Wilson
Co-Supervisor:��Douglas Campbell
Additional Supervisor:��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��
• 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 – Mar 2023)
• (Invited) Visiting Research, Observatoire de Paris, Spring 2023
• Research Assistant, School of Mathematics and Statistics, ΢��ҕ�l, NZ
• Tutor, Engineering Mathematics 100-level and 200-level, ΢��ҕ�l, NZ
• Tutor, Philosophy of Science, 100-level, ΢��ҕ�l, 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).��
• Jha, A.K. A Mathematical Model of Dignāga’s Hetu-cakra. Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research (2020).��

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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��
• Understanding and Modality in Distinctively Mathematical Explanations of Complex Systems
  • The Rotman Institute of Philosophy’s Graduate Student Conference: Complexity and Explanation, Western University, May 2021