Name: Philose Koshy
Designation: Assistant Professor
Email: philosek@iisermohali.ac.in
Office: 4F12, Academic Block 1
Education: Ph.D. Philosophy University of Hyderabad
M.Phil Philosophy, University of Hyderabad
M.A. Philosophy, University of Calicut
B.A. Philosophy, Mahatma Gandhi University
Employment: Assistant Professor, 2025–Current
Lecturer, IISER Mohali, 2023–2025
Visiting Faculty, IISER Mohali, 2021–2023
Visiting Faculty, IIT Kanpur, 2014–2017
Guest Lecturer, ISM Dhanbad, 2013–2014
Areas of Research: Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Language, Indian Philosophy of Mind, Interdisciplinary Approaches to Mind, Post-Structuralist Thought
Research Focus: In philosophy of science, my work broadly examines how methodological principles and values are socially and historically shaped, and how formal models of reasoning, especially Bayesian approaches, may be revised or reformulated to address the normative dimensions of theory-laden inquiry. I also work on the ontological interpretation of scientific systems, particularly in relation to EPR debates and Bell’s inequality, with special attention to the concept of locality. In Indian philosophy of mind, I focus on debates between Nyāya and Buddhist traditions concerning the nature of self and consciousness. I examine how engagement with these traditions can reshape and deepen contemporary understandings of mental health practices and their conceptual foundations. In political philosophy, I analyse socially and historically evolving normative frameworks, with particular emphasis on the thought of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.
Teaching: Philosophy of Science, Metaphysics of Science, Epistemology of Science, Philosophy of Language, Logic, Political Philosophy,
Self and Modernity
Selected Publications: “The Paradox of Irrelevant Conjunction and a Bayesian Analysis of Pursuit Worthy Confirmation” (first author, with Shobha B), International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Routledge (Online first, 22 July 2025). https://doi.org/10.1080/02698595.2025.2532279
“Against Framework Neutrality: Rethinking Technological Testing Protocols through Taylor.” In Philosophy of Technology in India, Springer Series in Philosophy of Engineering and Technology (forthcoming)
“Defining Background Information: A Solution to the Problem of Old Evidence”, Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research, Springer, 35(2), 297–304 (2018)
“A Solution to the Raven Paradox: A Redefinition of the Notion of Instance”, Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research, Springer, 34(1), 99–109 (2017)”