Lecture Announcement DST - Centre for Policy Research Centre for Society and Policy and JRD Tata Memorial Library Indian Institute of Science We are pleased to invite you to today's lecture by Prof. Sundar Sarukkai, Visiting Faculty, Centre for Society and Policy, IISc. [Please see below for instructions for attending the seminar in person or online.] Here are the details: Speaker: Prof. Sundar Sarukkai Title: Relevance of Philosophy of Science for Science Policy Time: 4:00 p.m. on 24.11.2021 Place: Seminar Hall, Centre for Society and Policy and MS Teams (online) Abstract Science policy depends crucially on what we mean and understand by science. Science and Technology Studies (STS) today is a much-professionalised discipline drawing upon other fields such as history of science, philosophy of science and sociology of science. STS offers a deeper understanding of the nature of science and technology, its relation to society and politics, the uniqueness of its social processes and so on. All of this matters deeply to science policy. In this talk, he will be discussing the insights we can take from a philosophy of science approach to the nature of science and the implications of it for science policy, especially for a country like ours. Short bio Sundar Sarukkai works primarily in the philosophy of the natural and the social sciences. He is the founder of Barefoot Philosophers (www.barefootphilosophers.orghttp://www.barefootphilosophers.org) and is currently a Visiting Faculty at the Centre for Society and Policy, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He is the author of the following books: Translating the World: Science and Language, Philosophy of Symmetry, Indian Philosophy and Philosophy of Science, What is Science?, JRD Tata and the Ethics of Philanthropy, Philosophy for Children, and two books co-authored with Gopal Guru – The Cracked Mirror: An Indian Debate on Experience and Theory and Experience, Caste and the Everyday Social. He is the Co-Chief Editor of the Springer Handbook of Logical Thought in India as well as the Series Editor for the Science and Technology Studies Series, Routledge. Date: 24th November 2021 Time: 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM Venue: Seminar Hall, Centre for Society and Policy, IISc Meeting link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YjdhZDFhOTQtNjI2MC00O... Please note that the lecture will be delivered in a hybrid mode and people at the IISc campus can also physically join by registering on the following link: https://forms.gle/5H8PosCCaisD6dv77 Best, Francis Francis Jayakanth JRD Tata Memorial Library, IISc