Theoretical Knowledge in the Mohist Canon.

• Superior document: Archimedes Series ; v.63
• Author: Schemmel, Matthias.
• TeilnehmendeR: Boltz, William G.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2023.; ©2022.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Archimedes Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (217 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction to the Mohist Canon -- 1.1 The Mohist Canon and Historical Epistemology -- 1.2 The Text and Its Tradition: Background -- 1.3 The Text and Its Tradition: Reactions to the Breakdown of World Order -- 1.4 The Text and Its Tradition: The Mohists -- 1.5 The Text and Its Tradition: Modern Reception -- 1.6 Structure and Transmission of the Text -- Chapter 2: The Mohist Canon and Alternative Origins of Theoretical Science -- 2.1 Structure and Theoretical Character of the Scientific Sections in the Mohist Canon -- 2.2 Theoretical Knowledge in the Mohist Canon: Foundations and Elementary Structures -- 2.3 Theoretical Knowledge in the Mohist Canon: Corporeal Extension -- 2.4 Theoretical Knowledge in the Mohist Canon: Images and Weight -- 2.5 The Place of Mohist Theoretical Knowledge in a Global History of Science -- Chapter 3: Text and Translation -- 3.1 Epistemological Foundations, A 1-A 6 -- 3.2 Definition of Force, A 21 -- 3.3 Spatial and Temporal Contingency and Inevitability, A 40-51 -- 3.4 Corporeal Extension ("Geometry"), A 52-A 69 -- 3.5 Model and Duplicate, A 70, A 71 -- 3.6 Spatial and Temporal Contingency and Inevitability-Reprise, B 13-B 16 -- 3.7 Shadows and Mirror Images ("Optics"), B 17-B 24 -- 3.8 Vertical Tendency of Weights ("Mechanics"), B 25a-B 29 -- 3.9 Mechanical and Temporal Bases for Judgment, B 52-B 53 -- 3.10 Spatial and Temporal Paradoxes, and Spatiotemporal and Modular Correspondences, B 60-B 65 -- 3.11 Sets of Indeterminate or Unknown Extent, B 73-B 75 -- Chapter 4: Lexical Appendix -- Correction to: Text and Translation -- Correction to: M. Schemmel, W. G. Boltz, Theoretical Knowledge in the Mohist Canon, Archimedes 63, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08797-4_3 -- Textual Appendix: Reproduction of Liang Qichao's "Preface" to the Mojing jiaoshi 《墨經校 》 梁啟 序.

Bibliography -- Chinese Primary Sources -- Literature -- Index.