Prof. Pranav Ambardekar is Assistant Professor - Philosophy & Critical Thinking. He received his Doctorate Degree in Philosophy from The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. He has completed Master’s Degree in Philosophy from Central European University, Budapest and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy from Savitribai Phule Pune University.

He has taught undergraduate courses in Philosophy at The Ohio State University for over three years. He was honoured with the Graduate Teaching Associate Award at OSU Philosophy for his innovative teaching methods and for his efforts to diversify the curriculum. He has also briefly taught Philosophy in the American K-12 system.  
 
Prof. Ambardekar’s doctoral work is on the epistemology of reflection. Among other things, his work highlights the epistemic value of social reflection i.e., the epistemic value of reflective reasoning done in collaboration with others. He aims to extend his research program on reflection by exploring the role of reflection in a philosophical theory of wisdom. Apart from analytic epistemology, Pranav has research interests in the philosophy of religion, Indian philosophy, and cross-cultural philosophy. 

Journal Articles

• Ambardekar, P., (2024) “On the Epistemic Value of Reflection”, Ergo an Open Access Journal of Philosophy 11(30): 803-832. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3998/ergo.6784


• Ambardekar, P., (2025) “Against epistemic agency”, Asian Journal of Philosophy 4(88). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s44204-025-00316-5


• ‘Why Knowledge Might Not Entail Belief’ (forthcoming in Southwest Philosophical Studies Vol 43)