Time, science, and society in China and the West
By: edited by J.T. Fraser, N. Lawrence, and F.C. Haber
Contributors: Fraser, J. T. 1923-; Lawrence, Nathaniel Morris, 1917-; Haber, Francis C
Series: Study of time -- v. 5; Study of time -- v. 5
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Amherst
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
Subjects: Time -- Congresses; Time -- Systems and standards -- China
Notes: 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 bibliographies
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: ix; title: Opening Remarks by the President
pagenum: xi; title: A Message from Dr. Joseph Needham, FRS, FBA
pagenum: xiii; title: A Communication from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
pagenum: xvii; title: The Problems of Exporting Faust
pagenum: 1; label: Part I
title: Time; title: Introduction
pagenum: 21; title: The Origins of Time
pagenum: 23; title: Scientific Explanation and the Evolution of Time
pagenum: 39; title: J. T. Fraser's 'Levels of Temporality' as Cognitive Representations
pagenum: 51; label: Part II
title: The Non-Chinese World; title: Introduction
pagenum: 67; title: The Emergence of Time
pagenum: 69; title: Time, Technology, Religion, and Productivity Values in Early Modern Europe
pagenum: 79; title: Literary Images of Progress
pagenum: 93; title: Reflections on Time in Indian Philosophy
pagenum: 104; title: The Shape of Time in African Music
pagenum: 113; title: Temporal Linearity and Nonlinearity in Music
pagenum: 126; title: Intermezzo; title: Humanities and the Experiences of Time
pagenum: 141; label: Part III
title: China; title: Introduction
pagenum: 149; title: On the Limits of Empirical Knowledge in the Traditional Chinese Sciences
pagenum: 151; title: The Evolution of Chinese Science and Technology
pagenum: 170; title: Cultural and Intellectual Attitudes That Prevented the Spontaneous Emergence of Modern Science in China
pagenum: 181; title: Progressive and Regressive Time Cycles in Taoist Ritual
pagenum: 185; title: Mohist Views of Time and Space
pagenum: 206; title: Chinese Traditional Medicine
pagenum: 211; title: Zi Wu Flow Theory and Time
pagenum: 219; title: Time in Archaeological Thought
pagenum: 225; title: Space and Time in Chinese Verse
pagenum: 241; title: Envoi
pagenum: 253; title: Biographical Notes on the Contributors
pagenum: 255; title: Constitution and By-laws of the International Society for the Study of Time
pagenum: 259