Saikeerthi Rachavelpula

Ph.D. program in Philosophy

I specialize in logic and metaphysics. My work centers around philosophical questions concerning the structure of space and the nature of spatial reasoning. My dissertation examines three classic spatial paradoxes, showing how modern geometric methods (Fourier analysis, projection theory, measure theory, etc.) can shed new light on these long-standing philosophical issues concerning the infinite divisibility of space, the nature of spatial extension, and the independent existence of space over and above the objects within it. I also maintain significant interests in Kant, epistemology, ethics, and the philosophy of science. Before beginning the PhD, I received a BA in mathematics with a philosophy minor from Columbia University (magna cum laude). I also spent a year studying mathematics at the University of Cambridge as an Oxbridge Scholar. 

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