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Sundar Sarukkai’s New Book Explains Logic for a Digital World
Sundar Sarukkai has written a book about thinking clearly in the digital world.
It starts by explaining important ideas such as logic, rationality and inference.
Logic helps us use information to reach a conclusion.
The book compares some Western and Indian ways of explaining logic.
Western examples often use numbers and measurements.
Indian Nyaya philosophy uses a practical example involving cooked rice.
You do not need to check every grain of rice.
If a few grains are cooked, you can infer that all the rice is cooked.
This shows that logical thinking does not always depend on mathematics.
Sundar Sarukkai’s new book examines how to think logically in a digital world.
The book begins by defining rationality, logic and inference.
Philosopher Bimal Krishna Matilal is cited on differences between Western and Indian approaches to logic.
Western logic was described as historically rooted in mathematical examples involving quantities and measurement.
The Nyaya school illustrates inference through checking a few grains of boiling rice to determine whether all the rice is cooked.
- Who
- Philosopher Sundar Sarukkai wrote the book; Bimal Krishna Matilal’s work is also discussed.
- What
- A new book explains rationality, logic and inference, including differences between Western and Indian approaches.
- Where
- When
- Why
- The book aims to teach readers how to think logically in a digital world.
Key facts
- Author
- Sundar Sarukkai
- Subject
- Logical thinking in a digital world
- Core concepts
- Rationality, logic and inference
- Referenced philosopher
- Bimal Krishna Matilal (1935–91)
- Indian tradition discussed
- The ancient Nyaya school of philosophy
- Nyaya example
- Checking a few grains of rice to infer whether all the rice is cooked






