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Sarukkai, Sundar

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Sundar Sarukkai works primarily in the philosophy of the natural and social sciences.

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Profession(s): Philosopher, Educator, Author

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Nationality: India

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Biography

Sundar Sarukkai works primarily in the philosophy of the natural and social sciences. He has held positions of professor of philosophy at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Founder-Director of the Manipal Centre for Philosophy and Humanities, and Visiting Faculty at the Centre for Society and Policy, Indian Institute of Science. He is the founder of Barefoot Philosophers, an initiative to take philosophy to children and the public. He has authored many books, his latest publications being The Social Life of Democracy, & Following a Prayer. Sarukkai is the Series Editor of Routledge's Science and Technology Studies, as well as the Co-Chief Editor of the Springer Handbook of Logical Thought in India.