Book ID: CBB856495335

Feng Shui: Teaching About Science and Pseudoscience (2020)

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Matthews, Michael R. (Author)


Springer


Publication Date: 2020
Physical Details: 360
Language: English

This book provides a richly documented account of the historical, cultural, philosophical and practical dimensions of feng shui. It argues that where feng shui is entrenched educational systems have a responsibility to examine its claims, and that this examination provides opportunities for students to better learn about the key features of the nature of science, the demarcation of science and non-science, the characteristics of pseudoscience, and the engagement of science with culture and worldviews. The arguments presented for feng shui being a pseudoscience can be marshalled when considering a whole range of comparable beliefs and the educational benefit of their appraisal. Feng shui is a deeply-entrenched, three-millennia-old system of Asian beliefs and practices about nature, architecture, health, and divination that has garnered a growing presence outside of Asia. It is part of a comprehensive and ancient worldview built around belief in chi (qi) the putative universal energy or life-force that animates all existence, the cosmos, the solar system, the earth, and human bodies. Harmonious living requires building in accord with local chi streams; good health requires replenishment and manipulation of internal chi flow; and a beneficent afterlife is enhanced when buried in conformity with chi directions. Traditional Chinese Medicine is based on the proper manipulation of internal chi by acupuncture, tai-chi and qigong exercise, and herbal dietary supplements.

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Review Michael John Paton (2021) Review of "Feng Shui: Teaching About Science and Pseudoscience". Science and Education (pp. 181-187). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Moon, Joong-Yang
Kohn, Livia
Song, Jinwoong
Felipe, Iñigo Ongay de
Monique Santos
Williams, Cody Tyler
Concepts
East Asia, civilization and culture
Qi (Chinese philosophy)
Science education and teaching
Nature of Science (NOS) -- science education contexts
Traditional knowledge
Medicine, Chinese traditional
Time Periods
21st century
19th century
Choson dynasty (Korea, 1392-1910)
Han dynasty (China, 202 B.C.-220 A.D.)
Ancient
Places
China
Korea
Hong Kong
East Asia
Turkey
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