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Chinese Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology

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Editors:
  1. Fan Dainian

    1. Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China

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  2. Robert S. Cohen

    1. Boston University, USA

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Part of the book series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science (BSPS, volume 179)

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Table of contents (35 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  4. History of Science and Technology

    1. The Structure of Science and Technology in History: On the Factors Delaying the Development of Science and Technology in China in Comparison with the West since the 17th Century (Part One)

      • Jin Guantao, Fan Hongye, Liu Qingfeng
      Pages 137-164

    2. Historical Changes in the Structure of Science and Technology (Part Two, A Commentary)

      • Jin Guantao, Fan Hongye, Liu Qingfeng
      Pages 165-183

    3. The Problem of Demarcation of Periods in the History of Science

      • Xu Liangying
      Pages 185-197

    4. A Brief Account of Chinese Studies of the History of Science and Technology in China

      • Lin Wenzhao
      Pages 199-205

    5. The Development of Modern Physics in China: The 50th Anniversary of the Founding of the Chinese Physical Society

      • Dai Nianzu
      Pages 207-218

    6. A Preliminary Study of the Characteristics of Metallurgical Technology in Ancient China

      • Qiu Lianghui
      Pages 219-241

    7. Liu Hui’s Theories of Mathematics

      • Mei Rongzhao
      Pages 243-254
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About this book

The articles in this collection were all selected from the first five volumes of the Journal of Dialectics of Nature published by the Chinese Academy of Sciences between 1979 and 1985. The Journal was established in 1979 as a comprehensive theoretical publication concerning the history, philosophy and sociology of the natural sciences. It began publication as a response to China's reform, particularly the policy of opening to the outside world. Chinese scholars began to undertake distinctive, original research in these fields. This collection provides a cross-section of their efforts during the initial phase.
To enable western scholars to understand the historical process of this change in Chinese academics, Yu Guangyuan's `On the Emancipation of the Mind' and Xu Liangying's `Essay on the Role of Science and Democracy in Society' have been included in this collection.
Three of the papers included on the philosophy of science are discussions of philosophical issues in cosmology and biology by scientists themselves. The remaining four are written by philosophers of science and discuss information and cognition, homeostasis and Chinese traditional medicine, the I Ching (Yi Jing) and mathematics, etc.
Papers have been selected on the history of both classical and modern science and technology, the most distinctive of which are macro-comparisons of the development of science in China and the west. Some papers discuss the issue of the demarcation of periods in the history of science, the history of ancient Chinese mathematics, astronomy, metallurgy, machinery, medicine, etc. Others discuss the history of modern physics and biology, the history of historiography of science in China and the history of regional development of Chinese science and technology.
Also included are biographies of three post-eighteenth-century Chinese scholars, Li Shanlan (1811-1882), Hua Hengfang (1833&endash;1902), and Cai Yuanpei (1868&endash;1940), who contributed greatly to the introduction of western science and scholarship to China. In addition, three short papers have been included introducing the interactions between Chinese scholars and three great western scientists, Niels Bohr, Norbert Wiener, and Robert A. Millikan.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China

    Fan Dainian

  • Boston University, USA

    Robert S. Cohen

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Chinese Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology

  • Editors: Fan Dainian, Robert S. Cohen

  • Series Title: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8717-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 1996

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-3463-7Published: 30 September 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4546-1Published: 10 April 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-8717-4Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0068-0346

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-7942

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 483

  • Additional Information: Originally published in Chinese

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science, History, general

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