Asia, Europe, and the Emergence of Modern Science

Knowledge Crossing Boundaries
2012. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-349-44083-2
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 282 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 345 g

This volume brings together essays from leading thinkers to examine what role Asian traditions of knowledge played in the rise of modern science in Europe, the implications this has for the epistemology of science, and whether pre-modern Asian traditions can provide resources for advancing scientific knowledge in future.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bala, A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte: Ereignisse und Themen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: TOWARD DIALOGICAL HISTORY Global Dialogical History and the Challenge of Neo-Eurocentrism; J.M.Hobson A Passage to Infinity: The Contribution of Kerala to Modern Mathematics; G.G.Joseph Copernicus, Arabic Science and Scientific (R)evolutions; M.Kokowski Time Atomism and Ash'arite Origins for Cartesian Occasionalism Revisited; R.T.W.Arthur Pramanas, Proofs and the Yukti of Classical Indic Science; R.Narasimha PART II: SCIENCE, RATIONALITY AND INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE Traditional Knowledge and the Smallpox Eradication Campaign; J.R.Brown The Dialogical Copernican Revolution: Implications for Scientific Method; A.Bala How Indigenous are 'Indigenous Sciences'? The Case of 'Islamic Sciences'; A.Paya The Role of Intercultural Dialogue in the Rise of Modern Science; A.Khursheed Science, Technology and Civilization Reconsidered; A.Brennan PART III: FORGING NEW KNOWLEDGE The Relevance of Classical Chinese Medicine; K.Lee Diverse Cultural Contributions to a 'Science of Religion': An Emerging Asia-Europe Dialogue on the Scientific Study of Religion; D.Wiebe Reclaiming Tradition: Implications of a Knowledge Indigenization Perspective for Asian Education; S.Gopinathan Southeast Asia's Indigenous Knowledge: The Conquest of the Mental Terra Incognitae; V.R.Savage

Über Autor(innen)

ARUN BALA is currently a visiting senior research Fellow with the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore working on issues in dialogical science studies in Asia. He is the author of (Palgrave 2006).