Doctoral supervision
I am currently involved in the supervision of four doctoral dissertations, two on Western and two on Indian Philosophy:
- Event Semantics and the Problem of Realism (2008-2011)
- Identity: A Predication-based account (2009-2012)
- Sthiramati's Commentary on Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamakakarika (2011-2014)
- Madhyamaka and Pyrrhonism: A Comparative Study (2011-2014)
Undergraduate and Graduate teaching
My teaching portfolio covers key areas of the philosophical curriculum. Topics I teach in lectures, seminars and tutorials include:
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Metaphysics
- Ancient Philosophy (Greece and India)
- Buddhist Philosophy
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Introductory Formal Logic
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Philosophy of Logic and Language
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History of Early Modern Philosophy
- History of Analytic Philosophy
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Philosophy of Mathematics
- Epistemology
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Philosophy of Mind
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Wittgenstein's Tractatus
I teach Indian Philosophy both at undergraduate and graduate level, including an undergraduate course on Ancient Western and Indian Philosophy and a Master's level series of seminars on Buddhist Philosophy.
Over the last couple of year I gave the following courses of lectures:
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Ontologies of States of Affairs, Cambridge 2003
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Philosophy of Mathematics, Oxford 2003-2005
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Frege, Russell, and Wittgenstein, Oxford 2004-2006
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Introduction to Metaphysics, Oxford 2005, 2006
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Introductory Logic, Durham 2006, 2009
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Ontology, Durham 2006
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Early Modern Philosophy, Durham since 2006-2012
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Metaphysics, Durham 2009
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Ancient Philosophy West and East, Durham 2010-2012
Since 2010 I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.