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Philosophy and Conceptual History of Science in Taiwan

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Editors:
  1. Cheng-Hung Lin (林正弘)

    1. Department of Philosophy, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

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  2. Daiwie Fu (傅大爲)

    1. Institute of History, National Tsing-Hua University in Taiwan, Hsinchu, Taiwan

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Part of the book series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science (BSPS, volume 141)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  3. Conceptual History of Science

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121
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    2. Problem Domain, Taxonomy, and Comparativity in Histories of Science — With a Case Study in the Comparative History of ‘Optics’

      • Daiwie Fu
      Pages 123-147

    3. From One Gnomon to Two Gnomons: A Methodological Study of the Method of Double Differences

      • Ko-Wei Lih
      Pages 149-165

    4. Chinese Mathematics at the Turn of the 19th Century: Jiao Xun, Wang Lai and Li Rui

      • Wann-Sheng Horng
      Pages 167-208

    5. Bao Qi-Shou 保其壽 and His Polyhedral Hun Yuan Tu 渾圓圖

      • Ko-Wei Lih
      Pages 209-220

    6. The Development of Geology in Republican China, 1912–1937

      • Tsui-Hua Yang
      Pages 221-244

    7. Local Contexts, Strategies and Sinicization: A Case Study of the Sinicization Formulation in the Social Sciences of Taiwan (1970s–1980s)

      • Daiwie Fu
      Pages 245-264

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 265-276
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About this book

Scholarly studies of mathematics and the sciences, carried out by philos­ ophers and historians in Taiwan in recent years, have two main goals: first, positive and critical participation in the logical analysis of scientific theories and scientific explanation; and second, conceptual clarification joined with faithful historical investigation of the sciences of traditional and modem China. In this book, Professors Cheng-hung Lin and Daiwie Fu have gathered fine representative essays from both endeavors. Their two introductory discussions guide the reader in three ways. First, we have insightful remarks concerning the development of science studies in Taiwan during the past three decades. Then we see the place of such studies, particularly those in the logic and methodology of science, in the philosophy of science as that discipline has evolved in the West in recent years. Finally we have an account of the changes that have occurred among philosophers and historians of Chinese science as they have turned away from an assump­ tion of Western definitions of scientific achievement, a tum that is common to Taiwanese, Chinese, Japanese and Western scholars.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Philosophy, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

    Cheng-Hung Lin

  • Institute of History, National Tsing-Hua University in Taiwan, Hsinchu, Taiwan

    Daiwie Fu

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Philosophy and Conceptual History of Science in Taiwan

  • Editors: Cheng-Hung Lin (林正弘), Daiwie Fu (傅大爲)

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

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2500-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1993

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-1766-1Published: 31 December 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-5103-3Published: 04 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-2500-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0068-0346

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-7942

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 276

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science, History, general, Philosophy of Language

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