This worksheet follows Episode 7, Akshat Bhaskar's conversation with Professor Sundar Sarukkai. It suits senior school or introductory university students, and works for solo study too. Print it, or answer as you go.
Key concepts
- Philosophy for children
- Barefoot philosophers
- Hyper-individualism
- Fraternity
- Lived experience
- Bhakti movement
- Human sociality
Before you listen
Answer these before pressing play.
Can children do philosophy? What would it look like?
Do you think the apps you use bring you closer to other people or further away?
What do science and philosophy have in common?
While you listen
Keep an ear out for each of these.
How he describes his move from physics to philosophy.
The classroom story about atoms and God.
What he says AI and personalised media do to fraternity.
The traditions he says carried philosophy into everyday life.
The challenge he names for the next two decades.
After you listen
Check your comprehension.
Why does he say leaving physics was not a change of discipline?
What is the barefoot philosophers project, and why does language matter to it?
What does he mean by hyper-individualism?
Why does he think lived experience belongs in social theory?
Think deeper
Open-ended. There is no single right answer.
Should philosophy be taught in every school? Make the case for or against.
Describe a technology that would strengthen human sociality rather than weaken it.
One question I still have
Write the question this episode left you with.