# Barefoot Chat **URL:** https://metastudio.org/c/barefootchat/37.md?page=2 [Latest](https://metastudio.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://metastudio.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://metastudio.org/tags.md) **Page:** 3 --- ## [BFC Session-17 \[Jan 30 2021\]](https://metastudio.org/t/bfc-session-17-jan-30-2021/10961)
**Author:** [@karnamdpdurga](https://metastudio.org/u/karnamdpdurga)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/bfc-session-17-jan-30-2021/10961 "2021-02-02T17:33:02Z")
Extending the conversation on “What is being Human?” series, in the past weeks, we will continue our chat live, this Saturday, 30th Jan 2021, from 3-5 pm at webinar Please share the post widely among and invite your you… --- ## [BFC Session-16 \[Jan 23 2021\]](https://metastudio.org/t/bfc-session-16-jan-23-2021/10882)
**Author:** [@karnamdpdurga](https://metastudio.org/u/karnamdpdurga)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2021, 6:21am UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/bfc-session-16-jan-23-2021/10882 "2021-01-25T06:21:52Z")
Extending the conversation on “What is being Human?” series, in the past weeks, we will continue our chat live, this Saturday, 23rd Jan 2021, from 3-5 pm at webinar Please share the post widely among and invite your you… --- ## [BFC Session-15 \[Jan 16 2021\]](https://metastudio.org/t/bfc-session-15-jan-16-2021/10713)
**Author:** [@karnamdpdurga](https://metastudio.org/u/karnamdpdurga)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/bfc-session-15-jan-16-2021/10713 "2021-01-17T19:47:58Z")
In the last session, we chatted about the nature of life and creation (living vs non-living entities and how they acquire and maintain integrated identities as against an amorphous collection of particles). Extending th… --- ## [BFC Session-14 \[Jan 09 2021\]](https://metastudio.org/t/bfc-session-14-jan-09-2021/10574)
**Author:** [@karnamdpdurga](https://metastudio.org/u/karnamdpdurga)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/bfc-session-14-jan-09-2021/10574 "2021-01-17T13:58:12Z")
Extending the conversation on “What is being Human?” series, in the past weeks, we will continue our chat live, this Saturday, 9th Jan 2021, from 3-5 pm at webinar Please share the post widely among and invite your youn… --- ## [BFC Session-13 \[Jan 02 2021\]](https://metastudio.org/t/bfc-session-13-jan-02-2021/6790)
**Author:** [@karnamdpdurga](https://metastudio.org/u/karnamdpdurga)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2021, 2:54pm UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/bfc-session-13-jan-02-2021/6790 "2021-01-16T14:54:49Z")
Last week reflected on the notion of “agency”. See the post for the summary. Extending the conversation on “What is being Human?” series, in the last 5 weeks, we will continue our chat live, this Saturday, 2nd Jan 2021,… --- ## [BFC Session-11 \[Dec 19 2020\]](https://metastudio.org/t/bfc-session-11-dec-19-2020/5440)
**Author:** [@karnamdpdurga](https://metastudio.org/u/karnamdpdurga)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2021, 7:35am UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/bfc-session-11-dec-19-2020/5440 "2021-01-10T07:35:18Z")
Last week, while analysing “X made Y”, we ended up reflecting on the notion of “agency”. Extending the conversation on “What is being Human?”, in the last 5 weeks, we will continue our chat live, this Saturday, 19th Dec… --- ## [BFC Session-12 \[Dec 26 2020\]](https://metastudio.org/t/bfc-session-12-dec-26-2020/5519)
**Author:** [@karnamdpdurga](https://metastudio.org/u/karnamdpdurga)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2020, 7:29am UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/bfc-session-12-dec-26-2020/5519 "2020-12-30T07:29:52Z")
Last week, while chatted about “X made Y”, and reflected on the notion of “agency”. See the post for the summary. Extending the conversation on “What is being Human?” series, in the last 5 weeks, we will continue our ch… --- ## [BFC Session-10 \[Dec 12 2020\]](https://metastudio.org/t/bfc-session-10-dec-12-2020/5399)
**Author:** [@karnamdpdurga](https://metastudio.org/u/karnamdpdurga)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/bfc-session-10-dec-12-2020/5399 "2020-12-14T14:33:14Z")
Last week, we ended with a question on analysing “X made Y”, when we touched upon “Who made human?” Extending the conversation on “What is being Human?”, in the last 4 weeks, we will continue our chat live, this Saturda… --- ## [BFC Session-9 \[Dec 05 2020\]](https://metastudio.org/t/bfc-session-9-dec-05-2020/5329)
**Author:** [@karnamdpdurga](https://metastudio.org/u/karnamdpdurga)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 11:09pm UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/bfc-session-9-dec-05-2020/5329 "2020-12-08T23:09:02Z")
Extending the conversation on “What is being Human?”, in the last 3 weeks, we will continue our chat live, this Saturday, 5th Dec 2020, from 3-5 pm at webinar Please share the post widely among and invite your young fri… --- ## [Recorded videos of previous sessions](https://metastudio.org/t/recorded-videos-of-previous-sessions/5377)
**Author:** [@GN](https://metastudio.org/u/GN)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2020, 12:02pm UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/recorded-videos-of-previous-sessions/5377 "2020-12-08T12:02:27Z")
Please watch recorded videos of the past sessions here: https://wetube.metastudio.org/grid/title/director==barefoot\_philosophers If you have other videos, audio files or images that you want to share with others, pleas… --- ## [BFC Session-4 \[Oct 24 2020\] Continuation of Session-3](https://metastudio.org/t/bfc-session-4-oct-24-2020-continuation-of-session-3/5000)
**Author:** [@karnamdpdurga](https://metastudio.org/u/karnamdpdurga)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 6:10am UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/bfc-session-4-oct-24-2020-continuation-of-session-3/5000 "2020-12-03T06:10:31Z")
The conversation from last week shall be continued. See updates on the context and the readings here Summary Reading here Summary.pdf (29.2 KB) Please share and invite esp your younger friends to join this conversat… --- ## [BFC Session-5 \[Oct 31 2020\]](https://metastudio.org/t/bfc-session-5-oct-31-2020/5069)
**Author:** [@karnamdpdurga](https://metastudio.org/u/karnamdpdurga)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2020, 3:47am UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/bfc-session-5-oct-31-2020/5069 "2020-11-07T03:47:53Z")
Barefoot Chat in the previous weeks on perception (Session-1, Session-2) and objectivity (Sessions-3 and 4) repeatedly forced us to reflect on - what is being Human? This week, we will start chatting about this around t… --- ## [BFC Session-7 \[Nov 21 2020\]](https://metastudio.org/t/bfc-session-7-nov-21-2020/5231)
**Author:** [@karnamdpdurga](https://metastudio.org/u/karnamdpdurga)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2020, 11:27am UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/bfc-session-7-nov-21-2020/5231 "2020-11-24T11:27:06Z")
Continuing our conversations from the last week around “What is beingHuman?”, we shall meet again this Saturday, 21st Nov 2020, from 3-5 pm at webinar We will anchor our chat about this around the text by Hume (link) … --- ## [BFC Session-6 \[Nov 7 2020\]](https://metastudio.org/t/bfc-session-6-nov-7-2020/5125)
**Author:** [@karnamdpdurga](https://metastudio.org/u/karnamdpdurga)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/bfc-session-6-nov-7-2020/5125 "2020-11-18T14:50:12Z")
This week too, we shall continue the last week’s conversation on “What is being Human” This week, we will start chatting about this around the text by Hume (link). See you all at 3 pm this Saturday, 7th Nov 2020 at web… --- ## [Perception a problem of philosophy or science?](https://metastudio.org/t/perception-a-problem-of-philosophy-or-science/4838)
**Author:** [@GN](https://metastudio.org/u/GN)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2020, 6:56am UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/perception-a-problem-of-philosophy-or-science/4838 "2020-11-15T06:56:58Z")
What makes perception possible? Can we resolve the issue of perception without addressing the question: what makes perception possible? Is this a philosophical question or a question that can be best left to cognitive sc… --- ## [Consciousness- The Omnipresent](https://metastudio.org/t/consciousness-the-omnipresent/5145)
**Author:** [@palaneprashant](https://metastudio.org/u/palaneprashant)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2020, 6:54am UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/consciousness-the-omnipresent/5145 "2020-11-15T06:54:44Z")
SUPREME PHILOSOPHY You are the Moon, You are the Sun You are the universe, creator of the big bang you are the one Every event happening in the universe, you are the responsible one We are not different individua… --- ## [How to learn philosophy](https://metastudio.org/t/how-to-learn-philosophy/5130)
**Author:** [@Farhan](https://metastudio.org/u/Farhan)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2020, 5:52pm UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/how-to-learn-philosophy/5130 "2020-11-13T17:52:23Z")
@G\_N @karnamdpdurga 1).Which types of book philosophers like to study 2).What is the best way to learn, if I want to learn philosophy --- ## [BFC Session-1 \[Oct 3 2020\] Launch and What do we see?](https://metastudio.org/t/bfc-session-1-oct-3-2020-launch-and-what-do-we-see/4865)
**Author:** [@karnamdpdurga](https://metastudio.org/u/karnamdpdurga)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2020, 5:03am UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/bfc-session-1-oct-3-2020-launch-and-what-do-we-see/4865 "2020-10-07T05:03:37Z")
In this video, Barefoot Chat is launched with an introduction by Prof Sundar Sarukkai, and Prof Nagarjuna. Further, a conversation related to “What do we see?” is initiated with various participants bringing forth their… --- ## [BFC Session-3 \[Oct 17 2020\] Objectivity](https://metastudio.org/t/bfc-session-3-oct-17-2020-objectivity/4895)
**Author:** [@Sharvay](https://metastudio.org/u/Sharvay)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 5:44am UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/bfc-session-3-oct-17-2020-objectivity/4895 "2020-10-23T05:44:49Z")
In the previous week’s Barefoot Chat webinar, which was on “seeing”, the notion of objectivity came up several times. Given this concept is central not only for understanding perception but also for research in science… --- ## [What is "seeing?"](https://metastudio.org/t/what-is-seeing/4874)
**Author:** [@Sharvay](https://metastudio.org/u/Sharvay)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/what-is-seeing/4874 "2020-10-15T15:30:44Z")
One way to think about seeing is that it is an activity of the eyes. A sense organ. We can also use the word perceive to include other senses. I am just wondering what is attention? Can we inattentively see something an… --- ## [BFC Session-2 \[Oct 10 2020\] Seeing and Perception](https://metastudio.org/t/bfc-session-2-oct-10-2020-seeing-and-perception/4875)
**Author:** [@karnamdpdurga](https://metastudio.org/u/karnamdpdurga)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2020, 4:32pm UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/bfc-session-2-oct-10-2020-seeing-and-perception/4875 "2020-10-14T16:32:12Z")
We will meet again at 3 pm, this Saturday, Oct 10, 2020, to continue our live chat here on what we see. Do we see with our eyes or our mind? Can we still see with our eyes closed? What do you see in dreams? Do we se… --- ## [The method of thinking](https://metastudio.org/t/the-method-of-thinking/4890)
**Author:** [@Surjamit](https://metastudio.org/u/Surjamit)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/the-method-of-thinking/4890 "2020-10-14T16:29:51Z")
How do philosophers approach a problem? Like suppose a philosopher is asked a question What is beauty? How should he or she approach it , what should be the starting point of his or her thinking? --- ## [Nature of reality](https://metastudio.org/t/nature-of-reality/4906)
**Author:** [@Surjamit](https://metastudio.org/u/Surjamit)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/nature-of-reality/4906 "2020-10-14T16:18:26Z")
What is real? Can a illusion generate something real or vice versa? If something exists does that make it real? Are dreams someway real? --- ## [Barefoot Chat - Let's Talk Philosophy](https://metastudio.org/t/barefoot-chat-lets-talk-philosophy/4768)
**Author:** [@werunom](https://metastudio.org/u/werunom)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2020, 12:23pm UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/barefoot-chat-lets-talk-philosophy/4768 "2020-10-08T12:23:20Z")
Barefoot Philosophers, in association with gnowledge lab of Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE, TIFR Mumbai), is happy to announce the start of Barefoot Chat, the public discussion platform for philosophy… [Previous page](https://metastudio.org/c/barefootchat/37.md?page=1)