Maushumi Guha received the degree of M.Phil. in Philosophy from the University of Cambridge, UK, in the year 2000, after which she returned to India and started her research at Jadavpur University. Ms. Guha started her teaching career as Lecturer in Philosophy at the Scottish Church College in June 2001. In December 2002, she joined the Department of Philosophy at Rabindra Bharati University as Lecturer. She joined Jadavpur University as Lecturer in Philosophy in 2005.

In 1999, Ms. Guha was one of the recipients of the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund Scholarship for her study in Cambridge. During this period, she was also a recipient of the Overseas Research Scholarship from the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom. In 2000, she was admitted to the status of Fellow of the Cambridge Commonwealth Society, UK.

At the post-graduate level, Ms. Guha specialized in Logic and Philosophy of Logic. Her research interests, however, lie in the broad area of the Philosophy of Mind and Cognition. She is currently writing her Ph.D. dissertation on the Theory-Simulation Debate over Folk Psychology - an area that covers a vast ground within Philosophy of Mind as well as Cognitive Science. She is mainly concerned with the nature of our 'theory of mind' abilities - our ability to understand each other's mental states and actions. Her approach is syncretic: she combines the claims of two apparently conflicting theories about psychological understanding: the Theory Theory and the Simulation Theory. Cognitive development, theory of mind impairment, cultural influences on folk psychology and the role of the imagination in psychological understanding are a few issues related to the work that Ms. Guha is currently pursuing.

She is currently working on a personal project under the University with Potential for Excellence Scheme, Jadavpur University in which she is investigating the False-Belief Task (in Cognitive Developmental Psychology) as a test of theory of mind ability in normal children. This project has opened a world of possibilities and she plans to undertake this work on a larger scale in the not too distant future. In particular, this project has opened up the possibility of exploring a new and emerging area of philosophy called 'Experimental Philosophy' (Joshua Knobe of Chapel Hill, USA and others like Shaun Nichols and Thomas Nadelhoffer are its prime proponents).

Ms. Guha also takes passionate interest in philosophical issues in general and ethical ones in particular. She is interested in Indian Philosophy and has incorporated one chapter comparing the nature of simulation and upanishadic meditation in her Ph.D. dissertation. She is involved in the Philosophy Pathways programme of Sheffield University, UK, under Professor Geoffrey Klempner and writes to the Pathways newsletter now and then.  Outside of Philosophy, Ms. Guha is fond of good music, English poetry, Vincent Van Gogh, Monet, tea and animals. She also occasionally vents herself by singing and painting.

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Ms. Guha has made several presentations at National and International Seminars and Conferences, a recent one being on 'Creativity and Folk Psychology' at the Hyderabad Central University, at a DST/ICPR sponsored National Seminar on 'Creativity and Cognitive Science'. She also presented a joint paper with Professor Amita Chatterjee at a recent seminar on Kant held at Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata.