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Aditya Ramdasi
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Philosophy Projects
(Currently) I'm primarily interested in philosophy of physics, arrow of time, philosophy of mind, consciousness, and formal logic. I often find myself musing about the philosophical foundations of a variety of disciplines (philosophy of X).
The Machinery of the Middle Way
Monsoon 2023 | Buddhist Truth Frameworks
Inadequacy of Nagarjuna's two-fold truth
Contextualism in Tiantai
Three-fold truth - A radical resolution
A short essay I wrote exploring the ontology and truth frameworks in Chinese Tiantai Buddhism. I first argue how Nagarjuna's two-fold conception of truth lacks philosophical conviction for following Buddhist practices. Then I show how Tiantai's additional truth value (three-fold truth) provides it with the exact machinery to supply this philosophical conviction and resolve the problem.
Click here for my meme-filled crash course on Tiantai Buddhism.
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Instructor - Prof. Tatyana Kostochka
Instructor - Prof. Tatyana Kostochka
Instructor - Prof. Tatyana Kostochka
On Why True Mathematics Is Unknowable
Monsoon 2022 | Philosophy of Mathematics
Benacerraf's dilemma (Access Problem)
Causal epistemology
Platonic metaphysics
In this paper, I summarize W.D. Hart's formulation of the infamous Access Problem in the philosophy of mathematics, which establishes a dilemma; that known mathematics cannot be true, and true mathematics cannot be known. I then explore extensions of the problem to other areas of philosophy, such as Chalmers' Hard Problem of Consciousness, Philosophy of Space, etc. together highlighting a fundamental logical void at the confluence of a causal epistemology and a platonic metaphysics.
View Paper [PDF}
Supervisor - Prof. Eric Snyder
Supervisor - Prof. Eric Snyder
Short Reflections on the Principles of Science
Summer 2022 | Philosophy of Science
Causality vs (Humean) Regularity
Scientific Realism vs Anti-realism
Measures for Scientific Progress
A collection of 6 short reflection pieces I wrote during my foundation course on principles of science at Ashoka, to engage with multiple topics in the history and philosophy of science, as per the course modules.
View Essays [PDF]
Instructor - Prof. Raja Rosenhagen
Instructor - Prof. Raja Rosenhagen
Emergia
Summer 2022 | Science Fiction (short story)
Emergentism vs Reductionism
Cosmology, Laplace's Demon, Determinism
Published in the Ashoka Physics Journal 2023
A short science fiction story I wrote as a peer-graded creative project (scored highest in a class of 30) on themes of ontic emergence, ontic reductionism, and determinism. Also includes a concept note and a audio-visual version with my voiceover.
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Instructor - Prof. Raja Rosenhagen
Supervisor - Prof. Susmita Saha
Instructor - Prof. Raja Rosenhagen
Surviving Skepticism
Spring 2022 | Philosophy of Mind
Cartesian Skepticism
Inner Experience
Problem of Other Minds
A short essay I wrote for my Intro to Philosophy course in which I summarize the argument leading to Descartes' famous Cogito ergo sum (I think, therefore I am), and then identify a potential logical loophole in the same. I then propose an alternative statement which avoids the loophole identified earlier. Was my first philosophical piece of writing.
View Essay [PDF}
Instructor - Prof. Alex Watson
Supervisor - Prof. Susmita Saha
Instructor - Prof. Alex Watson
Instructor - Prof. Alex Watson
Consciousness and
Intelligence in Machines
Monsoon 2021 | Theories of Consciousness
Turing Test, Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem
Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) vs Consciousness
My final paper for the "Introduction to Critical Thinking" (and academic writing) foundation course offered at Ashoka. Here I evaluate 4 major frameworks of studying consciousness from a neuroscience perspective. I explore the implications of these theories for building 'conscious' machines, touch upon Turing's thoughts, Chinese Room Problem, and Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem. Was my first substantial piece of academic writing.
View Paper [PDF}
(Special thanks to Kartik Tiwari for a major chunk of the literature review over an hour-long zoom call)
Instructor - Prof. Rashmi Muraleedhar
Supervisor - Prof. Susmita Saha
Instructor - Prof. Rashmi Muraleedhar
(Special thanks to Kartik Tiwari for a major chunk of the literature review over an hour-long zoom call)
Philosophy Projects
(Currently) I'm primarily interested in philosophy of physics, arrow of time, philosophy of mind, consciousness, and formal logic. I often find myself musing about the philosophical foundations of a variety of disciplines (philosophy of X).
The Machinery of the Middle Way
Monsoon 2023 | Buddhist Truth Frameworks
Inadequacy of Nagarjuna's two-fold truth
Contextualism in Tiantai
Three-fold truth - A radical resolution
A short essay I wrote exploring the ontology and truth frameworks in Chinese Tiantai Buddhism. I first argue how Nagarjuna's two-fold conception of truth lacks philosophical conviction for following Buddhist practices. Then I show how Tiantai's additional truth value (three-fold truth) provides it with the exact machinery to supply this philosophical conviction and resolve the problem.
Click here for my meme-filled crash course on Tiantai Buddhism.
View Essay [PDF]
Instructor - Prof. Tatyana Kostochka
Instructor - Prof. Tatyana Kostochka
Instructor - Prof. Tatyana Kostochka
On Why True Mathematics Is Unknowable
Monsoon 2022 | Philosophy of Mathematics
Benacerraf's dilemma (Access Problem)
Causal epistemology
Platonic metaphysics
In this paper, I summarize W.D. Hart's formulation of the infamous Access Problem in the philosophy of mathematics, which establishes a dilemma; that known mathematics cannot be true, and true mathematics cannot be known. I then explore extensions of the problem to other areas of philosophy, such as Chalmers' Hard Problem of Consciousness, Philosophy of Space, etc. together highlighting a fundamental logical void at the confluence of a causal epistemology and a platonic metaphysics.
View Paper [PDF}
Supervisor - Prof. Eric Snyder
Supervisor - Prof. Eric Snyder
Short Reflections on the Principles of Science
Summer 2022 | Philosophy of Science
Causality vs (Humean) Regularity
Scientific Realism vs Anti-realism
Measures for Scientific Progress
A collection of 6 short reflection pieces I wrote during my foundation course on principles of science at Ashoka, to engage with multiple topics in the history and philosophy of science, as per the course modules.
View Essays [PDF]
Instructor - Prof. Raja Rosenhagen
Instructor - Prof. Raja Rosenhagen
Emergia
Summer 2022 | Science Fiction (short story)
Emergentism vs Reductionism
Cosmology, Laplace's Demon, Determinism
Published in the Ashoka Physics Journal 2023
A short science fiction story I wrote as a peer-graded creative project (scored highest in a class of 30) on themes of ontic emergence, ontic reductionism, and determinism. Also includes a concept note and a audio-visual version with my voiceover.
View Details
Instructor - Prof. Raja Rosenhagen
Supervisor - Prof. Susmita Saha
Instructor - Prof. Raja Rosenhagen
Surviving Skepticism
Spring 2022 | Philosophy of Mind
Cartesian Skepticism
Inner Experience
Problem of Other Minds
A short essay I wrote for my Intro to Philosophy course in which I summarize the argument leading to Descartes' famous Cogito ergo sum (I think, therefore I am), and then identify a potential logical loophole in the same. I then propose an alternative statement which avoids the loophole identified earlier. Was my first philosophical piece of writing.
View Essay [PDF}
Instructor - Prof. Alex Watson
Supervisor - Prof. Susmita Saha
Instructor - Prof. Alex Watson
Instructor - Prof. Alex Watson
Consciousness and
Intelligence in Machines
Monsoon 2021 | Theories of Consciousness
Turing Test, Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem
Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) vs Consciousness
My final paper for the "Introduction to Critical Thinking" (and academic writing) foundation course offered at Ashoka. Here I evaluate 4 major frameworks of studying consciousness from a neuroscience perspective. I explore the implications of these theories for building 'conscious' machines, touch upon Turing's thoughts, Chinese Room Problem, and Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem. Was my first substantial piece of academic writing.
View Paper [PDF}
(Special thanks to Kartik Tiwari for a major chunk of the literature review over an hour-long zoom call)
Instructor - Prof. Rashmi Muraleedhar
Supervisor - Prof. Susmita Saha
Instructor - Prof. Rashmi Muraleedhar
(Special thanks to Kartik Tiwari for a major chunk of the literature review over an hour-long zoom call)
Philosophy Projects
(Currently) I'm primarily interested in philosophy of physics, arrow of time, philosophy of mind, consciousness, and formal logic. I often find myself musing about the philosophical foundations of a variety of disciplines (philosophy of X).
The Machinery of the Middle Way
Monsoon 2023 | Buddhist Truth Frameworks
Inadequacy of Nagarjuna's two-fold truth
Contextualism in Tiantai
Three-fold truth - A radical resolution
A short essay I wrote exploring the ontology and truth frameworks in Chinese Tiantai Buddhism. I first argue how Nagarjuna's two-fold conception of truth lacks philosophical conviction for following Buddhist practices. Then I show how Tiantai's additional truth value (three-fold truth) provides it with the exact machinery to supply this philosophical conviction and resolve the problem.
Click here for my meme-filled crash course on Tiantai Buddhism.
View Essay [PDF]
Instructor - Prof. Tatyana Kostochka
Instructor - Prof. Tatyana Kostochka
Instructor - Prof. Tatyana Kostochka
On Why True Mathematics Is Unknowable
Monsoon 2022 | Philosophy of Mathematics
Benacerraf's dilemma (Access Problem)
Causal epistemology
Platonic metaphysics
In this paper, I summarize W.D. Hart's formulation of the infamous Access Problem in the philosophy of mathematics, which establishes a dilemma; that known mathematics cannot be true, and true mathematics cannot be known. I then explore extensions of the problem to other areas of philosophy, such as Chalmers' Hard Problem of Consciousness, Philosophy of Space, etc. together highlighting a fundamental logical void at the confluence of a causal epistemology and a platonic metaphysics.
View Paper [PDF}
Supervisor - Prof. Eric Snyder
Supervisor - Prof. Eric Snyder
Short Reflections on the Principles of Science
Summer 2022 | Philosophy of Science
Causality vs (Humean) Regularity
Scientific Realism vs Anti-realism
Measures for Scientific Progress
A collection of 6 short reflection pieces I wrote during my foundation course on principles of science at Ashoka, to engage with multiple topics in the history and philosophy of science, as per the course modules.
View Essays [PDF]
Instructor - Prof. Raja Rosenhagen
Instructor - Prof. Raja Rosenhagen
Emergia
Summer 2022 | Science Fiction (short story)
Emergentism vs Reductionism
Cosmology, Laplace's Demon, Determinism
Published in the Ashoka Physics Journal 2023
A short science fiction story I wrote as a peer-graded creative project (scored highest in a class of 30) on themes of ontic emergence, ontic reductionism, and determinism. Also includes a concept note and a audio-visual version with my voiceover.
View Details
Instructor - Prof. Raja Rosenhagen
Supervisor - Prof. Susmita Saha
Instructor - Prof. Raja Rosenhagen
Surviving Skepticism
Spring 2022 | Philosophy of Mind
Cartesian Skepticism
Inner Experience
Problem of Other Minds
A short essay I wrote for my Intro to Philosophy course in which I summarize the argument leading to Descartes' famous Cogito ergo sum (I think, therefore I am), and then identify a potential logical loophole in the same. I then propose an alternative statement which avoids the loophole identified earlier. Was my first philosophical piece of writing.
View Essay [PDF}
Instructor - Prof. Alex Watson
Supervisor - Prof. Susmita Saha
Instructor - Prof. Alex Watson
Instructor - Prof. Alex Watson
Consciousness and
Intelligence in Machines
Monsoon 2021 | Theories of Consciousness
Turing Test, Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem
Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) vs Consciousness
My final paper for the "Introduction to Critical Thinking" (and academic writing) foundation course offered at Ashoka. Here I evaluate 4 major frameworks of studying consciousness from a neuroscience perspective. I explore the implications of these theories for building 'conscious' machines, touch upon Turing's thoughts, Chinese Room Problem, and Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem. Was my first substantial piece of academic writing.
View Paper [PDF}
(Special thanks to Kartik Tiwari for a major chunk of the literature review over an hour-long zoom call)
Instructor - Prof. Rashmi Muraleedhar
Supervisor - Prof. Susmita Saha
Instructor - Prof. Rashmi Muraleedhar
(Special thanks to Kartik Tiwari for a major chunk of the literature review over an hour-long zoom call)