Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 7, The Social Background; Part 1, Language and Logic in Traditional China by Joseph Needham (PDF)

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Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 7 Part 1 is the first book in the final volume of this unique resource. The Chinese culture is the only culture in the world that has developed systematic logical definitions and reflections on its own and on the basis of a non-Indo-European language. Christoph Harbsmeier discusses the basic features of the classical Chinese language that made it a suitable medium for science in ancient China, discussing in detail a wide range of abstract concepts that are crucial for the development of scientific discourse. There is special emphasis on the conceptual history of logical terminology in ancient China, and on traditional Chinese views on their own language. Finally the book provides an overview of the development of logical reflection in ancient China, first in terms of the forms of arguments that were deployed in ancient Chinese texts, and then in terms of ancient Chinese theoretical concerns with logical matters.

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Editorial Reviews: Review “Joseph Needham’s masterpiece, chronicling the scientific and technical achievements of the world’s oldest continuous civilization, has by now illuminated almost every aspect of the intellectual history of East Asia.” David Wright, Isis”This latest volume in the monumental series Science and Civilisation in China is singular. Unlike its companion volumes, it treats not the history of science but the comparitive history of the foundations of science in language and logic.” China Review International”[An] astonishing and enduring study…[Needham brings] depth of emotion and technical finesse to his task.” Jonathan Spence, New York Review of Books”Perhaps the greatest single act of historical synthesis and intercultural communication ever attempted by one man.” Laurence Picken, Cambridge University Book Description The first systematic survey of the conceptual history of basic logical terminology in ancient China.

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⭐Chinese logic – when and if we can focus our distracted mind to understand and learn it – presents a much healthier way of looking at the world; it is also a much more comprehensive and systematic way of science. Joseph Needham performed a feat, and I cannot imagine a happier and a better rounded scholar. Those who nit-pick have a reason to do so: they are covering up the lack in their own work and thinking, because they are too closed-minded to want to learn anything they don’t already agree with.

⭐of a major topic too little known in the history of logic. Few authors have the linguistic know- ledge for a balanced account of Chinese logic, both native and Buddhist, as well as the necessary comparisons with Indian and Greek traditions. It would be ungrateful nit-picking to find the author’s handling of the relation between language and reasoning unsatisfying in a work which will stand as the major orientation for future study.

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