The distinguished philosopher of science, Dr. Sundar Sarukkai (Anant National University India), will make available a lecture addressing “The Challenge of Translating Scientific and Ethical Concepts Across Cultures.” On October 20, he will participate in an invited on-line discussion about the ideas presented in the lecture. A limited number of places are available to attend an in-person gathering of faculty and students for the discussion with Dr. Sarukkai.

Sundar Sarukkai, trained in physics and philosophy, has a PhD from Purdue University. He works primarily in the philosophy of the natural and the social sciences. He is the founder of Barefoot Philosophers (www.barefootphilosophers.org). He is currently a Visiting Faculty at the Centre for Society and Policy, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He is the author of Translating the World: Science and Language (2002) , Philosophy of Symmetry (2004), Indian Philosophy and Philosophy of Science (2005), What is Science? (2012), and two books co-authored with Gopal Guru – The Cracked Mirror: An Indian Debate on Experience and Theory (2012) and Experience, Caste and the Everyday Social (2019). His book titled JRD Tata and the Ethics of Philanthropy was published in 2020. He is the Co-Chief Editor of the Springer Handbook of Logical Thought in India and the Series Editor for the Science and Technology Studies Series, Routledge. Sarukkai was a professor of philosophy at the National Institute of Advanced Studies until 2019 and was the Founder-Director of the Manipal Centre for Philosophy and Humanities from 2010-15. His most recent book is Philosophy for Children: Thinking, Reading and Writing and is published in English, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Bengali. 

Click here to register by October 15. Links will be sent out by October 19.

For any questions or interest in attending in-person (in-person attendants will receive a boxed lunch), please contact us at asianstudies@utdallas.edu