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Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya?(November was an eminentBengali?Marxist?philosopher?from?India. He made extensive contributions to the exploration of the?materialist?current in ancient?Indian Philosophy. His most outstanding work in this regard was the compilation and exposition of the ancient philosophy of?Lokayata, liberating it from distortions that it had suffered at the hands of its opponents. He is also acclaimed for his researches in the history of science and scientific method in ancient India.?
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- PublisherAakar Books
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 8189833448
- ISBN 13 9788189833442
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages244
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Contents: Introduction. 1. Uddalaka Aruni: the pioneer of science. 2. The making of mathematics in ancient India. 3. Making of astronomy in ancient India. 4. Tradition of rationalist medicine in ancient India. 5. A critical analysis of the medical compilations. 6. Sources of Indian idealism. 7. Material basis of idealism. 8. Tagore and Indian philosophical heritage. Index. Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya was a one-man brigade against philosophical obscurantism during more than three decades that he wrote and published, beginning with Lokayata in 1959. In the eight essays collected in this volume, he concentrates on mathematics and medicine in ancient India by tracing the fundamental aspects of these two disciplines of science. It is customary to credit Thales for marking the beginnings of science but Debiprasad disabuses this notion by adducing abundant evidence to show that Uddalaka Aruni of the Chandogya Upanisad fame was the first experimental scientist that the world knows of Geometry has its origins principally in the making of sacrificial altars while astronomy goes back to the days of the Indus Valley Civilization. The fascinating history and sociology of ancient Indian medicine and the physicians have been reconstructed by the author with copious material from the texts and is an eye-opener in more than one sense. The philosophical sources of idealism in the Indian context and a particular response of Rabindranath Tagore to an aspect of its heritage throw light on an area not commonly researched. (jacket). Seller Inventory # 40598
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