Undergraduate
HUL 360: Special Topics in Philosophy
In 2023-24, this seminar course involved a close reading of some of Plato's key ethical dialogues.
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HUL 360: Special Topics in Philosophy
In 2018-19, this seminar course covered some central issues in the theory of criminal justice and its application to contemporary issues in India.
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HUL 256: Critical Thinking
This is a lecture course which covers a variety of topics connected with critical thinking: propaganda, argument, heuristics and biases, and the philosophy of science.
Last taught: IInd semester, 2022-23
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HUL 258: Social and Political Philosophy
This is a lecture course which provides a general introduction to some core themes in social and political philosophy.
Last taught: IInd semester, 2017-18
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Postgraduate
HSL751: Critical Readings in Philosophical Texts
This is a core PhD seminar which involves slow, intensive reading of a single text. The last time I taught it (2022-23), the text chosen was A Theory of Justice by John Rawls
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HSL 754: The Philosophy of Plato
This is an intensive seminar course based on close readings of some of Plato's key ethical and political dialogues. In the last iteration of this course (2023-24), we spent the entire semester working through the Republic.
Teaching materials from an earlier iteration of this course (Ist semester, 2018-19)
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Indian constitutionalism
Teaching material on the history of the Indian constitution, prepared for a series of guest lectures at the School of Law, Governance, and Citizenship, Ambedkar University-Delhi.
Lectures delivered in spring 2019
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HUL 841: Philosophy of Science
This is a graduate seminar on contemporary issues in epistemology and the philosophy of science.
Last taught: IInd semester, 2016-17
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