PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION


23Tue10.15 A.M
The Folly, Amethyst
Whites Road
Next to Corporation Bank
Royapettah, Chennai 600 014
The Idea of Happiness
What does the search for happiness amount to? Why is it that people tend to find existential meaning in unhappiness when happiness is valued so much? This talk will explore some philosophical themes around the idea of happiness.
Sundar Sarukkai is Professor of Philosophy at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore. His work is primarily in the philosophy of natural and social sciences. He is the author of many books including Philosophy of Symmetry, Indian Philosophy and Philosophy of Science. He is the Co-Chief Editor of the Springer Handbook of Logical Thought in India. He has also been very active in outreach programmes to take philosophy to different communities and places as well as bringing philosophy to the public through his writing in The Hindu. He is heading a project of philosophy in the public domain, funded by the Tata Trusts.
Happiness is a state we all aspire to.Aren’t you eager to find out what happiness truly means?

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