Theoretical Knowledge in the Mohist Canon.

Theoretical Knowledge in the Mohist Canon.

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Superior document:Archimedes Series ; v.63
:
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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (217 pages)
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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.

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