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Questioning Science in East Asian Contexts
其他書名
Essays on Science, Confucianism, and the Comparative History of Science
出版BRILL, 2014-01-16
主題Science / History
ISBN90042653179789004265318
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=IHDAAgAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Questioning Science in East Asian Contexts brings together twelve essays written by Yung Sik Kim addressing various questions about the social and cultural contexts of science in East Asia. Most of the essays deal with the relationship between science and Confucianism, especially the roles that Confucian thought, values, and institutions have on the development of science. Kim shows that this relationship is very complex and multifaceted, and cannot be dealt with in a simplistic manner.
Kim offers comparative perspectives and discusses the problems of intercultural comparisons; he demonstrates that in spite of the potential dangers that accompany these comparisons, they should be made nonetheless as they allow for a better understanding of the situation in East Asia.