The Great Knowledge Transcendence The Rise of Western Science and Te
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 t
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The Great Knowledge Transcendence The Rise of Western Science and Technology Reframed Dengjian Jin
THE GREAT KNOWLEDGE TRANSCENDENCE
Copyright © Dengjian Jin 2016 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2016 978-1-137-52793-6 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission. In accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. First published 2016 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN The author has asserted their right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of Nature America, Inc., One New York Plaza, Suite 4500, New York, NY 10004-1562. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. ISBN 978-1-349-57571-8 E-PDF ISBN: 978–1–137–52794–3 DOI: 10.1057/9781137527943 Distribution in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world is by Palgrave Macmillan®, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Jin, Dengjian. The great knowledge transcendence : the rise of western science and technology reframed / Dengjian Jin. pages cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Science—Philosophy—History. 2. Methodology—History. 3. Science and civilization. I. Title. Q174.8.J54 2015 5019.1—dc23 A catalogue record for the book is available from the British Library.
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To Dongmei, Menghan, and Ryan
Contents
Preface 1
Unnatural Knowledge
Part I The 1492 Question and the Great Knowledge Transcendence Framework
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15
2
The 1492 Question and the Needham Puzzle
17
3
The Transcendence View of Human Creativity
39
Part II Cognitive Limits to Natural Knowledge Creation
55
4
The Limits of the Core Knowledge Systems
57
5
The Limits of the Knowledge Generation Systems
69
Part III The Limited Evolvability of Premodern Knowledge
83
6
The Partial Transcendence of the Axial Age
7
The Limits of Natural Knowers
107
8
The Limits of Natural Societies of Minds
129
Part IV The Advent of Transcendental Knowing 9
The First Mover
85
155 157
10 Artificial Mechanisms for Knowledge Transcendence
185
11 Sustained Knowledge Transcendence: Impacts and Implications
221
Notes
239
Bibliography
271
Index
297
Preface
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