Asia, Europe, and the Emergence of Modern Science: Knowledge Crossing Boundaries

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Introduction....Pages 1-9
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Global Dialogical History and the Challenge of Neo-Eurocentrism....Pages 13-33
A Passage to Infinity: The Contribution of Kerala to Modern Mathematics....Pages 35-54
Copernicus, Arabic Science, and the Scientific (R)evolution....Pages 55-72
Time Atomism and Ash‘Arite Origins for Cartesian Occasionalism Revisited....Pages 73-92
 Pramanas, Proofs, and the Yukti of Classical Indic Science....Pages 93-109
Front Matter....Pages 111-111
Traditional Knowledge and the Smallpox Eradication Campaign....Pages 113-126
The Dialogical Copernican Revolution: Implications for Scientific Method....Pages 127-146
How Indigenous are “Indigenous Sciences?” The Case of “Islamic Sciences”....Pages 147-165
The Role of Intercultural Dialogue in the Rise of Modern Science....Pages 167-186
Science, Technology, and Civilization Reconsidered....Pages 187-201
Front Matter....Pages 203-203
Toward Constructing Post-Postmodern Twenty-First Century Sciences: The Relevance of Classical Chinese Medicine....Pages 205-219
Diverse Cultural Contributions to a “Science of Religion”: An Emerging Asia-Europe Dialogue on the Scientific Study of Religion....Pages 221-237
Reclaiming Tradition: Implications of a Knowledge Indigenization Perspective for Asian Education....Pages 239-252
Southeast Asia’s Indigenous Knowledge: The Conquest of the Mental Terra Incognitae....Pages 253-270
Back Matter....Pages 271-282