Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, Date: 1996. First PB Edition, First Printing. . Trade Paperback. Fine/Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First PB Edition, First Printing. Trade PB in illustrated wraps. Fine. xvii, 250pp inc. textual footnotes, Glossary, Bibliography, Index. 1996. Cambridge University Press ISBN 0521556953 9780521556958 [US]

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1996. XVII,250p. Paperback. Upper part front and back cover near spine a bit bumped. Series: Ideas in Context. 'Are contemporary differences in arts and sciences between East Asia and the West founded in the civilizations of ancient Greece and china? L.'s investigation into the methodology of science in the two cultures from the beginnings in the fifth century B.C.E. to the third century C.E. provides ammunition for both sides in the debate. (...) Unlike his predecessors (...)who were more concerned with the question of why modern discoveries did not originate in China, L. gives a brief examination of the common features of Greek and Chinese sciences but focuses on the philosophic, social, and cultural aspects which made science as a whole, and astronomy, mathematics, and medicine in particular, develop differently in ancient Greece and China. Being well aware of the danger of generalizations within a single culture and of general views crossing cultures, L. tentatively compares the Greek and Chinese attitudes towards a number of issues and attempts to solve some commonly recognized problems. (...) One of the lessons learnt from 'Adversaries and Authorities' is that investigation of the underlying reasons for similariies and differences is more important than simply annotating divergence and oncvergence, and that is why there have been serious weaknesses in earlier contrasts between Greek and Chinese perceptions of ...

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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. (Date: 1996). First Edition. Softcover. 0521556953 . No signatures.; xvii, [1], 250 pages + [4] pages advertisements. "This is a wide-ranging exploration of the similarities and differences between ancient Greek and ancient Chinese science and philosophy, concentrating on the period down to AD 300. Professor Lloyd studies such questions as the attitudes towards authority, the practice of confrontational debate, the role of methodological inquiries, the development of techniques of persuasion, the assumptions made about causal explanation and the focus of interest in the study of the heavens and in that of the human body. In each case the Greek and Chinese ways of posing the problems are carefully distinguished to avoid applying either Greek categories to Chinese thought or vice versa. Professor Lloyd shows that the science produced in each ancient civilisation differs in important respects and relates those differences to the values and social institutions in question." Table of Contents:1. Comparative studies and their problems: methodological preliminaries; 2. Adversaries and authorities; 3. Methodology, epistemology and their uses; 4. The techniques of persuasion; 5. Causes and correlations; 6. Greek and Chinese dichotomies revisited; 7. Finite and infinite in Greece and China; 8. Heavenly harmonies; 9. The politics of the body; 10. Science in antiquity: the Greek and ...

Cambridge Univ Pr, Date: 1996. Paperback. New. 272 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches. 1996. Cambridge Univ Pr ISBN 0521556953 9780521556958 [GB]

Paperback / softback. New. Did science and philosophy develop differently in ancient Greece and ancient China? If so, can we say why? This book offers answers to these questions with a series of detailed studies of cosmology, natural philosophy, mathematics and medicine, and by relating the science produced in each ancient civilisation to the values of the society in question. ISBN 0521556953 9780521556958 [GB]

Cambridge University Press, Date: 1996-07-26. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1996. Cambridge University Press ISBN 0521556953 9780521556958 [US]