Article ID: CBB000952307

The Taoist Technological View and Its Implications for Modern Science and Technology (2008)

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Hu, Hua-kai (Author)


Journal of Dialectics of Nature
Volume: 30, no. 2
Issue: 2
Pages: 75-80


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

The Taoist in the Pre-Qin Period(in ancient cnia ) has a negative attitude towards the technological inventions and applications. Here we systematically analyze the thought connotations and knowledge foundations of the Taoist technological view, and discuss its implications for the development of modern science and technology. We suggest that the negative attitude of the Taoist towards the technological civilization is based epistemologically on the philosophical ideology of Tao follows the natural waysand the political advocacy of governing by doing nothing. The Taoist technological view has significant historical limitations, but the thought is inspirational for rationally regulating the development of the civilization of science and technology.

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Description On pre-Qin-Dynasty Taoist views on technology. [Citation contributed by Duan Yaoyong.]


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Authors & Contributors
Ho, Peng Yoke
Yuanzhi Li
Yongjun Cho
Derui Tan
Jun Wenren
Fangtao Zhang
Concepts
East Asia, civilization and culture
Technology
Taoism
Alchemy
Iron and steel
Agriculture
Time Periods
Ancient
Zhou dynasty (China, 1122-221 B.C.)
Medieval
Qin dynasty (China, 221-207 B.C.)
Han dynasty (China, 202 B.C.-220 A.D.)
Shang dynasty (China, ca. 1766-1027 B.C.)
Places
China
Yellow River (China)
India
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