Concepts of nature : a Chinese-European cross-cultural perspective /
Concepts of nature : a Chinese-European cross-cultural perspective /
edited by Hans Ulrich Vogel and Günter Dux ; with an overview and introduction by Mark Elvin.
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- Conceptual history and Chinese linguistics, v. 1 2210-2884 ; Brill ebook titles .
- Conceptual History and Chinese Linguistics 1. Asian Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2010, ISBN: 9789004215320. .
Papers from a conference on "Understanding nature in China and Europe until the eighteenth century : a cross-cultural project," held in Rheine, Westphalia, Germany, March 22-25, 2000.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material / Overview / Introductions / The Genesis Of Philosophy In The History Of Mind: A Cross-Cultural Comparison Between Classical Greece And China / The Universe As Cosmos: On The Ontology Of The Greek World-Image / The Notion Of Causality In Aristotle And The Medieval Philosophy Of Nature: A Developmental Approach / Cosmology And Concepts Of Nature In Traditional China / On Nature And Culture In Zhou China / Towards A Conceptual History Of Some Concepts Of Nature In Classical Chinese: Zì Rán 自 然 And Zì Rán Zhī Lĭ 自 然 之 理 / Mathematics, Nature And Cosmological Inquiry In Traditional China / When Shen Gua Encountered The ‘Natural World’: A Preliminary Discussion On The Mengxi Bitan And The Concept Of Nature / Becoming Acquainted With Nature From The Odes: Sidelights On The Study Of The Flora And Fauna In Song Dynasty’s Shijing 詩 經 (classic Of Odes) Scholarship / Concepts Of Nature In Traditional Chinese Materia Medica And Botany (Sixteenth To Seventeenth Century) / The Investigation Of Things (Gewu 格 物), Natural Studies (Gezhixue 格 致 學), And Evidental Studies (Kaozhengxue 考 證 學) Gewu In Late Imperial China, 1600-1800 / Personal Luck: Why Premodern China—Probably— Did Not Develop Probalistic Thinking / \'That Which Soaks And Descends Becomes Salty\': The Concept Of Nature In Traditional Chinese Salt Production / The Myriad Things: Random Thoughts On Nature In China And The West / On The Relationship Between Man And Nature In China / Index / H. Vogel and G. Dux -- Mark Elvin -- Mark Elvin -- Günter Dux -- Julián Pacho -- Ulrich Wenzel -- John B. Henderson -- Heiner Roetz -- Christoph Harbsmeier -- Karine Chemla -- Fu Daiwie -- Achim Mittag -- Georges Métailié -- Benjamin A. Elman -- Mark Elvin -- Hans Ulrich Vogel -- Wolfgang Kubin -- Helwig Schmidt-Glintzer -- H. Vogel and G. Dux.
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This book, inspired by the sociologist Günter Dux, co-edited by the historian Hans Ulrich Vogel, and introduced by Mark Elvin, is a collective intellectual masterpiece written by some of the world’s leading scholars. Its purpose is to illuminate premodern Chinese ways of thinking about Nature by comparing them with their counterpart traditions in Europe. In so doing it also subtly reshapes our understanding of premodern European concepts of the natural world. The domains covered principally include philosophy, language, poetry, science, and mathematics, and their relations with society, technology, and politics. By analyzing the frequent partial similarities between these great two cultural areas in the context of their overall contrasts, it points the way for the first time to defining accurately the differences that have been critical for world history.
9789004187511
10.1163/ej.9789004185265.i-566 DOI
2010027360
Philosophy of nature--History--China--Congresses.
Philosophy of nature--History--Europe--Congresses.
Philosophy of nature--Cross-cultural studies--Congresses.
Nature and civilization--History--China--Congresses.
Nature and civilization--History--Europe--Congresses.
Nature and civilization--Cross-cultural studies--Congresses.
Science--History--China--Congresses.
Science--History--Europe--Congresses.
China--Intellectual life--Congresses.
Europe--Intellectual life--Congresses.
BD581 / .C6654 2010
113.0951
Papers from a conference on "Understanding nature in China and Europe until the eighteenth century : a cross-cultural project," held in Rheine, Westphalia, Germany, March 22-25, 2000.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material / Overview / Introductions / The Genesis Of Philosophy In The History Of Mind: A Cross-Cultural Comparison Between Classical Greece And China / The Universe As Cosmos: On The Ontology Of The Greek World-Image / The Notion Of Causality In Aristotle And The Medieval Philosophy Of Nature: A Developmental Approach / Cosmology And Concepts Of Nature In Traditional China / On Nature And Culture In Zhou China / Towards A Conceptual History Of Some Concepts Of Nature In Classical Chinese: Zì Rán 自 然 And Zì Rán Zhī Lĭ 自 然 之 理 / Mathematics, Nature And Cosmological Inquiry In Traditional China / When Shen Gua Encountered The ‘Natural World’: A Preliminary Discussion On The Mengxi Bitan And The Concept Of Nature / Becoming Acquainted With Nature From The Odes: Sidelights On The Study Of The Flora And Fauna In Song Dynasty’s Shijing 詩 經 (classic Of Odes) Scholarship / Concepts Of Nature In Traditional Chinese Materia Medica And Botany (Sixteenth To Seventeenth Century) / The Investigation Of Things (Gewu 格 物), Natural Studies (Gezhixue 格 致 學), And Evidental Studies (Kaozhengxue 考 證 學) Gewu In Late Imperial China, 1600-1800 / Personal Luck: Why Premodern China—Probably— Did Not Develop Probalistic Thinking / \'That Which Soaks And Descends Becomes Salty\': The Concept Of Nature In Traditional Chinese Salt Production / The Myriad Things: Random Thoughts On Nature In China And The West / On The Relationship Between Man And Nature In China / Index / H. Vogel and G. Dux -- Mark Elvin -- Mark Elvin -- Günter Dux -- Julián Pacho -- Ulrich Wenzel -- John B. Henderson -- Heiner Roetz -- Christoph Harbsmeier -- Karine Chemla -- Fu Daiwie -- Achim Mittag -- Georges Métailié -- Benjamin A. Elman -- Mark Elvin -- Hans Ulrich Vogel -- Wolfgang Kubin -- Helwig Schmidt-Glintzer -- H. Vogel and G. Dux.
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
This book, inspired by the sociologist Günter Dux, co-edited by the historian Hans Ulrich Vogel, and introduced by Mark Elvin, is a collective intellectual masterpiece written by some of the world’s leading scholars. Its purpose is to illuminate premodern Chinese ways of thinking about Nature by comparing them with their counterpart traditions in Europe. In so doing it also subtly reshapes our understanding of premodern European concepts of the natural world. The domains covered principally include philosophy, language, poetry, science, and mathematics, and their relations with society, technology, and politics. By analyzing the frequent partial similarities between these great two cultural areas in the context of their overall contrasts, it points the way for the first time to defining accurately the differences that have been critical for world history.
9789004187511
10.1163/ej.9789004185265.i-566 DOI
2010027360
Philosophy of nature--History--China--Congresses.
Philosophy of nature--History--Europe--Congresses.
Philosophy of nature--Cross-cultural studies--Congresses.
Nature and civilization--History--China--Congresses.
Nature and civilization--History--Europe--Congresses.
Nature and civilization--Cross-cultural studies--Congresses.
Science--History--China--Congresses.
Science--History--Europe--Congresses.
China--Intellectual life--Congresses.
Europe--Intellectual life--Congresses.
BD581 / .C6654 2010
113.0951