Handbook of Logical Thought in India

Professor Sundar Sarukkai is the Director of the Manipal Centre for Philosophy and Humanities, Manipal University, Karnataka, India. He was previously Dean, School of Humanities, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India. He has been a PHISPC Fellow (of the Indian Council of Philosophical Research, 2003-2004); a Fellow of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla (1999-2001); Homi Bhabha Fellow (1997-1999), David Ross Fellow at Purdue University (1988), among others. Among the editorial and governing positions held by Professor Sarukkai are Guest Editor, Special Section on the Moon, Leonardo Journal, MIT Press, 2008-2011; Guest Editor, Special Section on Mathematics, Current Science; 88(3), 2005; Editorial Board Member, Leonardo Book Series, MIT Press, USA, 2007-date; Member of the Council, Indian Council for Philosophical Research, 2009-2012; Member, Advisory Board, International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology, USA. August 2003 - date; Convener and Member, Working Group on Humanities, Social Sciences, Law and Management, Karnataka Knowledge Commission, Government of Karnataka, 2008-date; Steering Committee Member, Association for Logic in India, 2009-date, etc. Some of his most significant book publications are as follows: What is Science? National Book Trust, 2011; The Cracked Mirror: An Indian Debate on Experience and Theory (co-authored with Gopal Guru), Oxford University Press, 2012; Logic, Navya-Nyaya & Applications: Studies in Logic Series 15. Eds. M. Chakraborty, B. Lowe, M.N. Mitra, S. Sarukkai. London: College Publications, 2008; Logic and its Applications: Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 5378. Eds. R. Ramanujam and S. Sarukkai. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2009