Buch, Englisch, 722 Seiten, Format (B × H): 194 mm x 249 mm, Gewicht: 1542 g
Buch, Englisch, 722 Seiten, Format (B × H): 194 mm x 249 mm, Gewicht: 1542 g
Reihe: Science and Civilisation in China
ISBN: 978-0-521-05800-1
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
The second volume of Dr Joseph Needham's great work Science and Civilisation in China is devoted to the history of scientific thought. Beginning with ancient times, it describes the Confucian milieu in which arose the organic naturalism of the great Taoist school, the scientific philosophy of the Mohists and Logicians, and the quantitative materialism of the Legalists. Thus we are brought on to the fundamental ideas which dominated scientific thinking in the Chinese middle ages. The author opens his discussion by considering the remote and pictographic origins of words fundamental in scientific discourse, and then sets forth the influential doctrines of the Two Forces and the Five Elements. Subsequently he writes of the important sceptical tradition, the effects of Buddhist thought, and the Neo-Confucian climax of Chinese naturalism. Last comes a discussion of the conception of Laws of Nature in China and the West.
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Fachgebiete
- Naturwissenschaften Chemie Chemie Allgemein Geschichte der Chemie
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Human- und Sozialwissenschaften
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Geschichte der Physik
- Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Geschichte der Psychologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
Weitere Infos & Material
List of illustrations; List of tables; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Author's note; 8. Introduction; 9. The Ju Chia (Confucians) and Confucianism; 10. The Tao Chia (Taoists) and Taoism; 11. The Mo Chia (Mohists) and the Ming Chia (Logicians); 12. The fundamental ideas of Chinese science; 14. The Pseudo-Sciences and the sceptical tradition; 15. Buddhist thought; 16. Chin and Thang Taoists, and Sung Neo-Confucians; 17. Sung and Ming idealists, and the last great figures of indigenous naturalism; 18. Human law and the laws of nature in China and the West; Bibliographies; General index.
