• Ph.D. (Philosophy), University of Hyderabad, 2000.

• M.Phil. (Philosophy), University of Hyderabad, 1992.

• M.A. (Philosophy), University of Hyderabad, 1991.

• B.A. (Philosophy, Economics, Political Science.), A.C. College, Acharya Nagarjuna University, 1989.

• Assistant Professor, University of Hyderabad, 18th May 2007 – 12th April 2023

• Associate Professor, University of Hyderabad, 13th April- Till date

• Western Epistemology
• Skepticism
• Introduction to Philosophy

• Epistemology
• Rationalism
• Introduction to Philosophy

Current Research Scholars:

• Anand S.S., Epistemology of Disagreements

• Suddala Pruthvi , Artificial Intelligence Ethics

• Anthony Basumatary, Modern Rationalism

Ph.D Awarded:

• Muppalla Haribabu, The Social, Moral and Educational Philosophy of Dr. Ambedkar: A Critical study, 2016.

• Kailash Kanta Naik, The Problem of Other Minds: A Critical Study, 2018.

• Ramesh Dheeravath, 17th Century theory of substance with special reference to Descartes, Spinoza and Leibniz, 2021.

• C.Anjaneyulu, David Hume’s Treatment of Personal Identity: A Critical Analysis, 2021.

• Narendra Prasad Behera, Foundationalism and Coherentism in Epistemology: A critical Study, 2023

M.Phil. Awarded:

• Narendra Prasad Behera, Cartesian Doubt: A Critical study, 2012.
• Ramesh Dheeravath, Spinoza’s Substance a critical Evaluation, 2015
• Daisy Dutta, Descartes’ Philosophy of Mind: A Critical study, 2015.
• Rekharani Sethy, Spinoza’s Notion of Freedom: A study, 2016.
• Pooja Choudhury, Use Theory of Meaning and Fields of Sense: An Ontological Study to determine the linguistic framework, 2019.
• Saumya Ranjan Mallick, Plato Theory of Universals: A Critical study, 2019.
• Lizamayee Pradhan, Mind– Body Dualism: A Critical study with special reference to Descartes and Spinoza, 2019.
• Alson Joseph, An Analytical study of Cogito ergo sum, 2022.
• Jemamani Sahoo, Epistemological significance of John Locke’s refutation of Innate Ideas, 2022.

• Presented a paper on “Descartes on Scepticism” in Faculty work in progress seminar, Department of Philosophy, University of Hyderabad, March 18-20, 2021.

• Presented a paper on “Scepticism and Morality” in a National seminar on ‘Justice and Multiculturalism’ organized by the department of comparative Dravidian literature and Philosophy, during February 8-10, 2012.

• Presented a paper on “Notion of Consciousness in Advaita Vedanta” in Indian council of philosophical Research General Fellow’s conference, New Delhi during March 28-30, 2002.

Seminars Organized:

• Coordinated a national seminar on ‘Mind and memory: An enquiry in to the nature of cognition’ sponsored by UGC-SAP-DSA-III, March 20-22, 2017.
• Coordinated a national seminar on ‘Nyaya theory of cognition: Issues and responses’ sponsored by UGC-SAP-DSA-III, January, 9th and 10th, 2019.

• Ananda Sagar. B, Leibniz’s Monadology: A Logical analysis, Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol.30. No.1, IIAS, Shimla, Summer 2023, pp. 25-32.
• Ananda Sagar. B, Provisional Scepticism, Cogito and Certainty, Journal of Foundational Research, Vol. XXXI. No.1, University of Rajasthan, January 2023, pp. 92-100.

• Ananda Sagar. B, On Berkeley’s Empiricism and Anti-scepticism, Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. 29. No.2, IIAS, Shimla, Winter 2022, pp. 19-26.

• Lenka, L. & Ananda Sagar. B, Descartes, Moore and Wittgenstein on Certainty and Scepticism, Ravenshaw Journal of Philosophy, Ravenshaw University, Vol. VIII, November 2022, pp. 5-21.

• Ananda Sagar. B, Russell’s Defence of Sense-Data for Empirical Certainty, Journal of Foundational Research, Vol. XXX, University of Rajasthan, January 2022, pp. 135-49.

• Ananda Sagar. B, Moore on Scepticism and Certainty, Tattva Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 14, No. 2,Christ University, November 2022, pp. 19-33.

• Ananda Sagar. B, David Hume on Necessary Truths, Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. 29. No. 1, IIAS, Shimla, Summer 2022, pp. 22-27.

• Ananda Sagar. B, On Phenomenalism: A Critical Analysis, Philosophical Papers, Vol. XVIII,  University of North Bengal, March 2022, pp. 198-210.

• Ananda Sagar. B, Greek Skepticism: From Pyrrho to Sextus Empiricus, Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. 28. No. 2, IIAS, Shimla, Winter 2021, pp. 115-125.

• Ananda Sagar. B, David Hume’s Mitigated Skepticism, Tattva Journal of Philosophy, Vol.13, No.2, Christ University, December 2021, pp. 59-75.

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