History and Theory of Knowledge Production
An Introductory Outline
Price: 995.00 INR
ISBN:
9780199490363
Publication date:
05/11/2018
Hardback
320 pages
Price: 995.00 INR
ISBN:
9780199490363
Publication date:
05/11/2018
Hardback
320 pages
Rajan Gurukkal
This book provides an introductory outline of the vast history of knowledge systems under the broad categories of European and non-European, specifically Indian. It not only traces ontology and epistemology in spatio-temporal terms, but also contextualizes methodological development by comparing Indian and European systems of knowledge and their methods of production as well as techniques ensuring reliability.
This volume also analyses the process of the rise of science and new science and reviews speculative thoughts about the dynamics of the subatomic micro-universe as well as the mechanics of the galactic macro-universe.
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Rajan Gurukkal
Description
Who decides what should be recognized as knowledge? What forces engender knowledge? How do certain forms of it acquire precedence over the rest, and why?
Exploring these fundamental questions, this book provides an introductory outline of the vast history of knowledge systems under the broad categories of European and non-European, specifically Indian. It not only traces ontology and epistemology in spatio-temporal terms, but also contextualizes methodological development by comparing Indian and European systems of knowledge and their methods of production as well as techniques ensuring reliability.
Knowledge cannot have a history of its own, independent of social history. Therefore, using a vast array of sources, including Greek, Prakrit, Chinese, and Arab texts, the book situates the history of knowledge production within the matrix of multiple socio-economic and politico-cultural systems. Further, the volume also analyses the process of the rise of science and new science and reviews speculative thoughts about the dynamics of the subatomic micro-universe as well as the mechanics of the galactic macro-universe.
About the Author
Rajan Gurukkal is vice chairman of the Kerala State Higher Education Council, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
Rajan Gurukkal
Table of contents
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Social Theory of Knowledge Production
3. Knowledge Production: Non-European Antecedents
4. European Roots: Progress of Greek and Hellenic Knowledge in the Arab World
5. The Rise of Science
6. Science of Uncertainty
7. Summing Up
Afterword
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Rajan Gurukkal
Rajan Gurukkal
Description
Who decides what should be recognized as knowledge? What forces engender knowledge? How do certain forms of it acquire precedence over the rest, and why?
Exploring these fundamental questions, this book provides an introductory outline of the vast history of knowledge systems under the broad categories of European and non-European, specifically Indian. It not only traces ontology and epistemology in spatio-temporal terms, but also contextualizes methodological development by comparing Indian and European systems of knowledge and their methods of production as well as techniques ensuring reliability.
Knowledge cannot have a history of its own, independent of social history. Therefore, using a vast array of sources, including Greek, Prakrit, Chinese, and Arab texts, the book situates the history of knowledge production within the matrix of multiple socio-economic and politico-cultural systems. Further, the volume also analyses the process of the rise of science and new science and reviews speculative thoughts about the dynamics of the subatomic micro-universe as well as the mechanics of the galactic macro-universe.
About the Author
Rajan Gurukkal is vice chairman of the Kerala State Higher Education Council, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
Table of contents
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Social Theory of Knowledge Production
3. Knowledge Production: Non-European Antecedents
4. European Roots: Progress of Greek and Hellenic Knowledge in the Arab World
5. The Rise of Science
6. Science of Uncertainty
7. Summing Up
Afterword
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
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