Shamik Dasgupta is an associate professor of philosophy at UC Berkeley, working primarily in the areas of metaphysics, value theory, and philosophy of science.[1]
Shamik Dasgupta | |
|---|---|
| Academic background | |
| Education | University College London (BSc) King's College London (MPhil) New York University (PhD) |
| Thesis | Symmetry as a guide to reality (2009) |
| Kit Fine, Hartry Field, Stephen Schiffer | |
Other advisors | Paul Horwich, Theodore Sider |
| Academic work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
School or tradition | Analytic |
| Institutions | University of California Berkeley University of Princeton |
Main interests | Metaphysics, value theory, philosophy of science |
| Website | https://shamik.net/ |
Life and works
editDasgupta received his BSc in biology from University College London and his MPhil from King’s College London, with distinction. He received his PhD in 2009 from New York University, under the supervision of Kit Fine, Hartry Field and Stephen Schiffer.[2] He subsequently became a professor of philosophy at Princeton University where he taught until 2016. In 2016 he was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) fellowship.[3]
Selected publications
edit- 2016, Metaphysical Rationalism, Noûs, doi.org/10.1111/nous.12082
- 2014, The Possibility of Physicalism, Journal of Philosophy, doi.org/10.5840/jphil20141119/1037
- 2009, Individuals: An Essay in Revisionary Metaphysics, Philosophical Studies, doi.org/10.1007/s11098-009-9390-x
References
edit- ↑ "Shamik Dasgupta". philosophy.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
- ↑ Dasgupta, Shamik. "Symmetry as a guide to reality". New York University. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
- ↑ "Shamik Dasgupta". shamik.net. Archived from the original on 2024-12-02. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
External links
edit- Shamik Dasgupta publications indexed by Google Scholar