Joseph Needham e as contribuições da ciência chinesa para a formação do universo científico

Joseph Needham and the contributions of Chinese science to the formation of the scientific universe

Authors

  • Eduardo Vichi Antunes Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp)

Abstract

The works of Joseph Needham are of the utmost importance for better
understanding China. He was responsible for demonstrating the relationship between
European and Chinese science regarding the innovations of the latter that allowed
a scientific revolution in Europe. However, his work is still marked by the notion of
an alleged western superiority vis-à-vis China concerning what is understood by a
legitimate science. We intend to offer a brief view of the main aspects of Needham’s
work, considering four of the author’s books capable of discussing the scientific
exchanges between China and Europe, the construction of an universal science, the
origins and features of Chinese science and, finally, the question regarding the general
capacity of his thought in conceiving (or not) China as a specific modernity project.

Keywords: Needham, China, science, modernity

Author Biography

Eduardo Vichi Antunes, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp)

Doutorando em Ciências Sociais pelo Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas (IFCH) da
Unicamp na área de Estudos das Relações Brasil-China, bolsista (CNPq). Mestre em Política
Científica e Tecnológica pelo Departamento de Política Científica e Tecnológica do Instituto
de Geociências da Universidade Estadual de Campinas.

Published

2021-01-27

How to Cite

Vichi Antunes, E. (2021). Joseph Needham e as contribuições da ciência chinesa para a formação do universo científico: Joseph Needham and the contributions of Chinese science to the formation of the scientific universe. Modernos & Contemporâneos - International Journal of Philosophy [issn 2595-1211], 4(10). Retrieved from https://ojs.ifch.unicamp.br/index.php/modernoscontemporaneos/article/view/4352