Subject: Space and time--China--Congresses

Space and time in Chinese texts of astronomy and of mathematical astronomy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
AuthorMartzloff, Jean-Claude
PlaceLos Angeles
PublisherCenter for Chinese Studies ; Center for Pacific Rim Studies
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageEnglish
TypeExtract/Offprint
Series
ShelfCase X
Call NumberQ127.C5 M28 1991
Descriptionp. 66-92 : ill., diagrams ; 28 cm.
Note"This article is based upon a paper presented to the symposium on Time and Space in the encounter between China and Europe during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries organized by Jacques Gernet. Paris: Hugot Foundation of the College de France, 14-17 October 1991"
This article was downloaded in .PDF from Chinese Science 11 (1993-94); 66-92.
Serial published: Center for Chinese Studies, and Center for Pacific Rim Studies, University of California, Los Angeles (1992- )
Time, science, and society in China and the West
AuthorHaber, Francis C.International Society for the Study of TimeFraser, J. T. (Julius Thomas), 1923-2010Lawrence, Nathaniel M. (Nathaniel Morris), 1917-1986
PlaceAmherst
PublisherUniversity of Massachusetts Press
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook
SeriesStudy of time ; 5
ShelfHallway Cases
Call NumberQB209.I55 1986
Descriptionxv, 262 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
NoteTime, science, and society in China and the West / edited by J.T. Fraser, N. Lawrence, and F.C. Haber.
Consists of papers from the fifth conference of the International Society for the Study of Time, held at the Castello di Gargonza, Tuscany, in 1983?
Includes bibliographical references.

The origins of time / Nathaniel Lawrence -- Scientific explanation and the evolution of time / Conrad Dale Johnson -- J.T. Fraser's "levels of temporality" as cognitive representations / John A. Michon -- The emergence of time / Denis Corish -- Time, technology, religion, and productivity values in early modern Europe / Francis C. Haber -- Literary images of progress / Samuel L. Macey -- Reflections on time in Indian philosophy -- The shape of time in African music / Ruth M. Stone -- Temporal linearity and nonlinearity in music / Jonathan D. Kramer -- Humanities and the experiences of time / George H. Ford -- On the limits of empirical knowledge in the traditional Chinese sciences / N. Sivin -- The evolution of Chines science and technology / Jin Guantao, Fan Dainian, Fan Hongye, and Liu Qingfeng -- Cultural and intellectual attitudes that prevented the spontaneous emergence of modern science in China / Qiu Renzong -- Progressive and regressive time cycles in Taoist ritual / Kristofer Schipper and Wang Hsiu-Huei -- Mohist views of time and space / Zhang Yinzhi -- Chinese traditional medicine / Hans Ågren -- Zi Wu flow theory and time / Lo Huisheng -- Time in archaeological thought Synnove Vinsrygg -- Space and time in Chinese verse / Frederick Turner.

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