ext_22789 ([identity profile] rootlesscosmo.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] brdgt 2005-12-17 05:54 pm (UTC)

If science is itself defined by practices that emerged from the Scientific Revolution in Europe, how can one possibly characterize alternative forms of “science” in other traditions?

I have reservations about the premise in this sentence. Who says that's the definition of science? Not (or example) Joseph Needham...

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