Scientific Sinicization and Sinicized Science - Studies on Chinese Science and Technology Thought

Author: Jin Wuren, Zhang Chaozhong
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: The target readers of this book are university teachers and students, research managers, philosophers, historians of science, and enthusiasts. The introduction of science into China is both a historical event and a cultural event. The integration process of science and Chinese culture is winding, which is concentratedly reflected in the sinicization of science. Based on the value of holistic thinking, this book takes the sinicization of science and the scientization of China as two aspects of the same problem and discusses them in a unified way at the level of holism. It breaks the narrowness of mere instrumental rationality and evaluates Chinese culture from the perspective of science and technology and society, arguing that Chinese culture plays an active role in fostering a new model of world culture. It holds that the holistic thinking of Chinese culture is a key factor in constructing holistic science, especially the holistic scientific value of traditional Chinese medicine, which is a sinicized science in the holistic sense. The target readers of this book are university teachers and students, research managers, philosophers, historians of science, and enthusiasts.