11 th Summer School on
THOUGHT
EXPERIMENTS
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About Summer school 2026
Thought experiments are powerful tools that foster creativity, deepen understanding, and advance knowledge across science, philosophy, and spirituality. Starting from Faraday’s lines of force, which were later concretized as fields, to quantum mechanical paradoxes such as Schrodinger’s Cat paradox, thought experiments have been part of modern scientific disciplines. They help us to penetrate into areas where physical experiments cannot be performed. They serve as rigorous tools for discovery, theory assessment and also to explore the limits of science...
Topics
History and Importance of Thought Experiments
Thought Experiments for Resolving Mind-Brain Issue
Explore Origin of Life Problem via Thought Experiments
Thoughts Experiments in Foundations of Quantum Mechanics
Thoughts Experiments in Science, Philosophy & Vedanta
Transforming Human Heart through Thought Experiments
Mind, Meaning and Thought Experiments
Thought Experiments and the Divine
And many more…
"Thought experiment is in any case a necessary precondition for physical experiment. Every experimenter and inventor must have the planned arrangement in his head before translating it into fact."
Ernst Mach
Physicist & Philosopher
Speakers
Prof. Renato Renner
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Prof. Abhas K. Mitra
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, India
Prof. Vlatko Vedral
University of Oxford, UK
Prof. C. S. Aravinda
TIFR Bengaluru, India
Prof. James R. Brown
University of Toronto, Canada
Prof. Ramesh K. Mishra
University of Hyderabad, India
And many more…
"The true laboratory is the mind, where behind illusions we uncover the laws of truth."
Sir Jagadish C. Bose
Physicist & Physiologist
Previous Summer Schools
9th Summer School
June 7-9, 2024
Gurukula Kangri, Haridwar
8th Summer School
Unfolding the Mystery of Memory
July 3-7, 2023
BIOM, Nabadwip
7th Summer School
July 15-17, 2022
Ayurvedic College, Puri
Young minds speak
As part of the program, we are pleased to announce a special session titled “Young Minds Speak”, inviting undergraduate and postgraduate students, and research scholars to share their insights, research, and perspectives related to Thought Experiments. Participants are encouraged to submit a title and a 200-word abstract on the mentioned topics. Selected speakers will be given 15 minutes (including Q&A) to present their work during the session. This is a unique opportunity for emerging scholars to engage with leading thinkers and contribute to meaningful discussions on the Thought Experiments...
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Appreciations
I learned many valuable ideas like the information can also be volatile in addition to being physical. Knowing path breaking concepts like observer and observe are entangled, there are no discontinuties, no quantum jumps.
Dr. Amarjeet Singh
Participant
Multidisciplinary discourse, and vast diversified. Everything is good. All resource persons are expert in their fields and we understand his knowledge in our field. This ideas is very impressive and appreciable Mr. T. D. Singh.
Ravi Chaurasia Madhusoodan
Participant
It was a pleasure to be here, I got a chance to rethink everything that I already knew in a different perspective.
R. Panda
Participant
It was a very informative program. In this world where we only care about ourselves, the knowledge shared about happiness of others and the concept of Karma was very great !
N. Nag
Participant
Very engaging for a student, especially at the current senario when everything makes sense at the same time nothing does.
S Mazumder
Participant
Its altogethere appreciating. Wants to enrich myself in near future by attaching in more program on Neuroscience, Brain Cognitive Science and positive psychology.
Dr. Rupa Talukdar
Participant