Article ID: CBB000760566

The Influence of the Rise and Fall of Moist Science on the Development of Ancient Chinese Science (2008)

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Tong, Heng-ping (Author)


Kexue Jishu yu Bianzhengfa (Science, Technology, and Dialectics)
Volume: 25, no. 1
Issue: 1
Pages: 91-97


Publication Date: 2008
Edition Details: [Translated title.] In Chinese.
Language: Chinese

Mohist thought of science and technology was embryo that processed the self-conscious reasonableness activity of the Chinese ancient science and did science experiment with the technology practices for foundation, Mohist regarded nature as the independent known object, Mohist displayed another possible direction to which ancient Chinese times thought that developed. The rise and fall of Mohist Science influenced development of the ancient Chinese science, Chinese ancient science stayed around to describe phenomena over a long period of time, lacking of the experiment to verify its universality. Mohist science developed the development round of a possible alignment to modern age science for the Chinese ancient society, because the Chinese traditional culture didn't choose the Mohist, the Chinese ancient society lost the opportunity of once possible development modern science.

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Description On the school of thought developed by the followers of Mo Di in the 3rd century B.C.E.


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Authors & Contributors
Yongjun Cho
Ptak, Roderich
Yuan, Min
Tang, Quan
Su, Hongxia
Slingerland, Edward
Journals
Ziran Kexueshi Yanjiu (Studies in the History of Natural Sciences)
Guangxi Minzu Xueyuan Xuebao
Studies in Dialectics of Nature
Journal of Dialectics of Nature
Medical History
Korean Journal of Medical History
Publishers
Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
Harrassowitz
Chinese University Press
Concepts
East Asia, civilization and culture
Philosophy
Philosophy of science
Agriculture
Astronomy
Technology
People
Yi-He
Ricci, Matteo
Mo, Di
Confucius
Time Periods
Ancient
Zhou dynasty (China, 1122-221 B.C.)
Qin dynasty (China, 221-207 B.C.)
Han dynasty (China, 202 B.C.-220 A.D.)
Shang dynasty (China, ca. 1766-1027 B.C.)
Song-Yuan dynasties (China, 960-1368)
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China
Yellow River (China)
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Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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