Author: B M. UdgaonkarPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Science and the Indian Tradition
Author: David L. GoslingPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134143338
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
This new text is a detailed study of an important process in modern Indian history. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, India experienced an intellectual renaissance, which owed as much to the influx of new ideas from the West as to traditional religious and cultural insights. Gosling examines the effects of the introduction of Western science into India, and the relationship between Indian traditions of thought and secular Western scientific doctrine. He charts the early development of science in India, its role in the secularization of Indian society, and the subsequent reassertion, adaptation and rejection of traditional modes of thought. The beliefs of key Indian scientists, including Jagadish Chandra Bose, P.C. Roy and S.N. Bose are explored and the book goes on to reflect upon how individual scientists could still accept particular religious beliefs such as reincarnation, cosmology, miracles and prayer. Science and the Indian Tradition gives an in-depth assessment of results of the introduction of Western science into India, and will be of interest to scholars of Indian history and those interested in the interaction between Western and Indian traditions of intellectual thought.
The History of Science and Religion in the Western Tradition
Author: Gary B. FerngrenPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781138867833
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Science, Religion, and the Protestant Tradition
Author: James C. UngureanuPublisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 9780822945819
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The story of the “conflict thesis” between science and religion—the notion of perennial conflict or warfare between the two—is part of our modern self-understanding. As the story goes, John William Draper (1811–1882) and Andrew Dickson White (1832–1918) constructed dramatic narratives in the nineteenth century that cast religion as the relentless enemy of scientific progress. And yet, despite its resilience in popular culture, historians today have largely debunked the conflict thesis. Unravelling its origins, James Ungureanu argues that Draper and White actually hoped their narratives would preserve religious belief. For them, science was ultimately a scapegoat for a much larger and more important argument dating back to the Protestant Reformation, where one theological tradition was pitted against another—a more progressive, liberal, and diffusive Christianity against a more traditional, conservative, and orthodox Christianity. By the mid-nineteenth century, narratives of conflict between “science and religion” were largely deployed between contending theological schools of thought. However, these narratives were later appropriated by secularists, freethinkers, and atheists as weapons against all religion. By revisiting its origins, development, and popularization, Ungureanu ultimately reveals that the “conflict thesis” was just one of the many unintended consequences of the Protestant Reformation.
Tradition in Social Science
Author: Maurice HauriouPublisher: Rodopi
ISBN: 9401207046
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Preliminary Material -- THE OBJECT AND METHOD OF SOCIAL SCIENCE -- THE OBJECTIVE ELEMENTS OF PROGRESS -- THE PROBLEM OF CONDUCT -- EVOLUTION IN PROGRESS -- SOCIAL SPACE -- SOCIAL FABRICS -- POLITICAL UNITY -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS -- COUNTEREVOLUTION -- A FRAGMENT ON EVOLUTION AND COUNTEREVOLUTION IN THEIR THEOLOGICAL SENSE -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND TRANSLATOR -- INDEX -- VIBS.
The Unity of Science in the Arabic Tradition
Author: Shahid RahmanPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402084056
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
the demise of the logical positivism programme. The answers given to these qu- tions have deepened the already existing gap between philosophy and the history and practice of science. While the positivists argued for a spontaneous, steady and continuous growth of scientific knowledge the post-positivists make a strong case for a fundamental discontinuity in the development of science which can only be explained by extrascientific factors. The political, social and cultural environment, the argument goes on, determine both the questions and the terms in which they should be answered. Accordingly, the sociological and historical interpretation - volves in fact two kinds of discontinuity which are closely related: the discontinuity of science as such and the discontinuity of the more inclusive political and social context of its development. More precisely it explains the discontinuity of the former by the discontinuity of the latter subordinating in effect the history of science to the wider political and social history. The underlying idea is that each historical and - cial context generates scientific and philosophical questions of its own. From this point of view the question surrounding the nature of knowledge and its development are entirely new topics typical of the twentieth-century social context reflecting both the level and the scale of the development of science.
Scientific tradition and other traditions
Author: B M. UdgaonkarThe Gift of Science
Author: Roger BERKOWITZPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674020790
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
Moving from the scientific revolution to the nineteenth-century rise of legal codes, Berkowitz tells the story of how lawyers and philosophers invented legal science to preserve law's claim to moral authority. The "gift" of science, however, proved bittersweet. Instead of strengthening the bond between law and justice, the subordination of law to science transformed law from an ethical order into a tool for social and economic ends.
The Essential Tension : Selected Studies in Scientific Tradition and Change
Author: T. S. KuhnThe Scientific Value of Tradition
Author: John Francis ArundellPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781021972392
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book presents a defence of the value of tradition in the natural sciences. Arundell argues that traditions, conventions, and established practices play an essential role in scientific inquiry and discovery, and that too much emphasis on novelty and innovation can lead to epistemic and practical problems. Drawing on case studies from various scientific disciplines, Arundell provides a thought-provoking and timely analysis of the nature of scientific knowledge. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Steps in the Scientific Tradition
Author: R. S. WestfallPublisher:
ISBN: 9780471935414
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description