New Perspectives in Indian Science and Civilization
Herausgeber: Paranjape, Makarand R
New Perspectives in Indian Science and Civilization
Herausgeber: Paranjape, Makarand R
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This book examines key aspects of the history, philosophy, and culture of science in India, especially from the larger idea of an Indic civilization. It discusses issues such as scientism and religious dogma, dialectics of faith and knowledge, science under colonial conditions, grammar, western science, classical logic, metaphysics and methodology.
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This book examines key aspects of the history, philosophy, and culture of science in India, especially from the larger idea of an Indic civilization. It discusses issues such as scientism and religious dogma, dialectics of faith and knowledge, science under colonial conditions, grammar, western science, classical logic, metaphysics and methodology.
Produktdetails
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- Verlag: Taylor & Francis
- Seitenzahl: 240
- Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2021
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 232mm x 153mm x 15mm
- Gewicht: 394g
- ISBN-13: 9780367784560
- ISBN-10: 0367784564
- Artikelnr.: 61210561
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis
- Seitenzahl: 240
- Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2021
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 232mm x 153mm x 15mm
- Gewicht: 394g
- ISBN-13: 9780367784560
- ISBN-10: 0367784564
- Artikelnr.: 61210561
Makarand R. Paranjape is Director, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, India. He has been Professor of English, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India for close to twenty years. Earlier, he taught at the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi and the University of Hyderabad. His overseas assignments include the Eric Auerbach Visiting Chair in Global Literary Studies at the University of Tubingen, Germany and the ICCR Chair in Indian Studies at the National University of Singapore. He was educated at St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi (BA Hons.) and received his Master's and doctoral degrees at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. He is the author/editor of over 45 books, which include works of criticism, poetry and fiction, and has published over 175 academic papers. His latest works include Debating the 'Post' Condition in India: Critical Vernaculars, Unauthorized Modernities, Post-Colonial Contentions (2017), Cultural Politics in Modern India (2016), The Death and Afterlife of Mahatma Gandhi (2015), Making India: Colonialism, National Culture, and Indian English Literature (2015), and Acts of Faith: Journeys to Sacred India (2012).
Acknowledgements. Foreword. Prologue: Indian Psyche and Science. 1.
Introduction 2. Science and Spirituality: Is There a Common Ground? 3.
Dialectics of Culture and Science 4. Culture and Science in Twenty-first
Century India 5. Modern Science in India and the Emergence of a New
Worldview: Challenges and Opportunities 6. Knowledge and Science in the
Context of Indian Languages 7. Indian Deductive System: The Logical Basis
of Indian Sciences 8. Motion Interpreted: A Bridge between Science and
Spirituality 9. Indian Science and Semiotics: Some Reflections 10. Integral
Non-dualism and Modern Science: Some Reflections 11. Principles of Plant
Taxonomy: A Fresh Insight into the Ancient Indian Methodology and
Philosophy of Naming and Classifying Medicinal Plants 12. A Macro-Micro
Systems Approach to Frame Holistic Studies on the Culture and Philosophy of
Science in India 13. Reconciling Free Will and Determinism: An Indian
Appropriation of Benjamin Libet's Neuroscientific Findings 14. Science and
Spirituality from the Perspective of the Mahabharata 15. Revisiting
Concepts of Health and Disease: Evolution, Philosophy, and Integration 16.
A Connecticut Yankee in Indira's Court: A Brief Account of Modern Indian
Science
Introduction 2. Science and Spirituality: Is There a Common Ground? 3.
Dialectics of Culture and Science 4. Culture and Science in Twenty-first
Century India 5. Modern Science in India and the Emergence of a New
Worldview: Challenges and Opportunities 6. Knowledge and Science in the
Context of Indian Languages 7. Indian Deductive System: The Logical Basis
of Indian Sciences 8. Motion Interpreted: A Bridge between Science and
Spirituality 9. Indian Science and Semiotics: Some Reflections 10. Integral
Non-dualism and Modern Science: Some Reflections 11. Principles of Plant
Taxonomy: A Fresh Insight into the Ancient Indian Methodology and
Philosophy of Naming and Classifying Medicinal Plants 12. A Macro-Micro
Systems Approach to Frame Holistic Studies on the Culture and Philosophy of
Science in India 13. Reconciling Free Will and Determinism: An Indian
Appropriation of Benjamin Libet's Neuroscientific Findings 14. Science and
Spirituality from the Perspective of the Mahabharata 15. Revisiting
Concepts of Health and Disease: Evolution, Philosophy, and Integration 16.
A Connecticut Yankee in Indira's Court: A Brief Account of Modern Indian
Science
Acknowledgements. Foreword. Prologue: Indian Psyche and Science. 1.
Introduction 2. Science and Spirituality: Is There a Common Ground? 3.
Dialectics of Culture and Science 4. Culture and Science in Twenty-first
Century India 5. Modern Science in India and the Emergence of a New
Worldview: Challenges and Opportunities 6. Knowledge and Science in the
Context of Indian Languages 7. Indian Deductive System: The Logical Basis
of Indian Sciences 8. Motion Interpreted: A Bridge between Science and
Spirituality 9. Indian Science and Semiotics: Some Reflections 10. Integral
Non-dualism and Modern Science: Some Reflections 11. Principles of Plant
Taxonomy: A Fresh Insight into the Ancient Indian Methodology and
Philosophy of Naming and Classifying Medicinal Plants 12. A Macro-Micro
Systems Approach to Frame Holistic Studies on the Culture and Philosophy of
Science in India 13. Reconciling Free Will and Determinism: An Indian
Appropriation of Benjamin Libet's Neuroscientific Findings 14. Science and
Spirituality from the Perspective of the Mahabharata 15. Revisiting
Concepts of Health and Disease: Evolution, Philosophy, and Integration 16.
A Connecticut Yankee in Indira's Court: A Brief Account of Modern Indian
Science
Introduction 2. Science and Spirituality: Is There a Common Ground? 3.
Dialectics of Culture and Science 4. Culture and Science in Twenty-first
Century India 5. Modern Science in India and the Emergence of a New
Worldview: Challenges and Opportunities 6. Knowledge and Science in the
Context of Indian Languages 7. Indian Deductive System: The Logical Basis
of Indian Sciences 8. Motion Interpreted: A Bridge between Science and
Spirituality 9. Indian Science and Semiotics: Some Reflections 10. Integral
Non-dualism and Modern Science: Some Reflections 11. Principles of Plant
Taxonomy: A Fresh Insight into the Ancient Indian Methodology and
Philosophy of Naming and Classifying Medicinal Plants 12. A Macro-Micro
Systems Approach to Frame Holistic Studies on the Culture and Philosophy of
Science in India 13. Reconciling Free Will and Determinism: An Indian
Appropriation of Benjamin Libet's Neuroscientific Findings 14. Science and
Spirituality from the Perspective of the Mahabharata 15. Revisiting
Concepts of Health and Disease: Evolution, Philosophy, and Integration 16.
A Connecticut Yankee in Indira's Court: A Brief Account of Modern Indian
Science