Theoretical Knowledge in the Mohist Canon

1. Introduction to the Mohist CanonThe Mohist Canon and historical epistemology
The text and its tradition: Background
The text and its tradition: Reactions to the breakdown of world order
The text and its tradition: The Mohists
The text and its tradition: Modern reception
Structure and transmission of the text

2. The Mohist Canon and alternative origins of theoretical science
Structure and theoretical character of the scientific sections in the Mohist Canon
Theoretical knowledge in the Mohist Canon: Foundations and elementary structures
Theoretical knowledge in the Mohist Canon: Corporeal extension
Theoretical knowledge in the Mohist Canon: Images and weight
The place of Mohist theoretical knowledge in a global history of science

3. Text and Translation
Epistemological foundations, A 1-A 6
Definition of force, A 21
Spatial and temporal contingency and inevitability, A 40-51
Corporeal extension ("Geometry"), A 52-A 69
Model and duplicate, A 70, A 71
Spatial and temporal contingency and inevitability-Reprise, B 13-B 16
Shadows and mirror images ("Optics"), B 17-B 24
Vertical tendency of weights ("Mechanics"), B 25a-B 29
Mechanical and temporal bases for judgment, B 52 - B 53
Spatial and temporal paradoxes, and spatiotemporal and modular correspondences,
B 60-B 65
Sets of indeterminate or unknown extent, B 73 - B 75

4. Lexical Appendix, A 76 - A 87

Author: Matthias Schemmel

Publisher: Springer

Publication Date: Jan 02, 2023

Number of Pages: 207 pages

Binding: Hardback or Cased Book

ISBN-10: 3031087968

ISBN-13: 9783031087967