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Author Paranjape, Makarand

Title New Perspectives in Indian Science and Civilization
Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (259 pages)
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Notes on contributors; Foreword; Prologue; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Science and spirituality: is there a common ground?; 3 Dialectics of culture and science; 4 Culture and science in twenty-first century India; 5 Modern science in India and the emergence of a new worldview: challenges and opportunities; 6 Knowledge and science in the context of Indian languages; 7 Indian deductive system: the logical basis of Indian sciences; 8 Motion interpreted: a bridge between science and spirituality
9 Indian science and semiotics: some reflections10 Integral non-dualism and modern science: some reflections; 11 Principles of plant taxonomy: a fresh insight into the ancient Indian methodology and philosophy of naming and classifying medicinal plants; 12 A macro-micro systems approach to frame holistic studies on the culture and philosophy of science in India; 13 Reconciling free will and determinism: an Indian appropriation of Benjamin Libet's neuroscientific findings; 14 Science and spirituality from the perspective of the Mahabharata
15 Revisiting concepts of health and disease: evolution, philosophy, and integration16 A Connecticut Yankee in Indira's court: a brief account of modern Indian science; Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Science -- India
Science -- India -- History
Religion and science -- India
Religion and science -- India -- History
Science -- Social aspects -- India
Science and civilization.
Religion and science
Science
Science and civilization
Science -- Social aspects
India
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780429520884
0429520883
9780429534355
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9780429244148
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