The Great Knowledge Transcendence: The Rise of Western Science and Technology Reframed

Jin Dengjian

ISBN 10: 1137527935 / ISBN 13: 9781137527936

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2015

About this Item

This book illustrates the unnaturalness of modern science and technology by tracing their cognitive, evolutionary, and religious origins. It elaborates that all premodern knowers faced inherent limits, and the West was able to develop modern science and technology because of its inherent contradictions forcing the transcendence of limitations. Num Pages: 324 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFH; 3J; HBG; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626. . 2015. 1st ed. 2016. Hardcover. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Great Knowledge Transcendence: The Rise of Western Science and Technology Reframed
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1137527935
• ISBN 13: 9781137527936
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book illustrates the unnaturalness of modern science and technology by tracing their cognitive, evolutionary, and religious origins. It elaborates that all premodern knowers faced inherent limits, and the West was able to develop modern science and technology because of its inherent contradictions forcing the transcendence of limitations.

About the Author

Dengjian Jin is John J. Curley '60 and Ann Conser Curley '63 Faculty Chair in International Studies, Business and Management and Associate Professor of International Business and Management at Dickinson College, USA.