Theoretical knowledge in the Mohist Canon
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Theoretical knowledge in the Mohist Canon
（Archimedes : new studies in the history and philosophy of science and technology, v. 63）
Springer, c2022
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-202) and index
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This open access book presents a new translation, interpretation and analysis of selected passages from the so-called Mohist Canon, a Chinese text from ca. 300 BCE, and discusses the role of the text in the world history of science, arguing that it represents an early emergence of theoretical, systematized knowledge that is independent from parallel developments in ancient Greece. It is aimed at historians of science, of knowledge and of philosophy, and generally at readers interested in these topics from an intercultural perspective and particularly with respect to China.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction to the Mohist CanonThe Mohist Canon and historical epistemology
The text and its tradition: Background
The text and its tradition: Reactions to the breakdown of world order
The text and its tradition: The Mohists
The text and its tradition: Modern reception
Structure and transmission of the text
2. The Mohist Canon and alternative origins of theoretical science
Structure and theoretical character of the scientific sections in the Mohist Canon
Theoretical knowledge in the Mohist Canon: Foundations and elementary structures
Theoretical knowledge in the Mohist Canon: Corporeal extension
Theoretical knowledge in the Mohist Canon: Images and weight
The place of Mohist theoretical knowledge in a global history of science
3. Text and Translation
Epistemological foundations, A 1-A 6
Definition of force, A 21
Spatial and temporal contingency and inevitability, A 40-51
Corporeal extension ("Geometry"), A 52-A 69
Model and duplicate, A 70, A 71
Spatial and temporal contingency and inevitability-Reprise, B 13-B 16
Shadows and mirror images ("Optics"), B 17-B 24
Vertical tendency of weights ("Mechanics"), B 25a-B 29
Mechanical and temporal bases for judgment, B 52 - B 53
Spatial and temporal paradoxes, and spatiotemporal and modular correspondences,
B 60-B 65
Sets of indeterminate or unknown extent, B 73 - B 75
4. Lexical Appendix, A 76 - A 87
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