From Western science to paradigms of tradition: Zhang Shenfu's notion of mathematical logic in cohesion with traditional thought (1920-30s)
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RIV/00216208:11210/15:10295404
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
From Western science to paradigms of tradition: Zhang Shenfu's notion of mathematical logic in cohesion with traditional thought (1920-30s)
Original language description
Zhang Shenfu ??? (or Zhang Songnian ???, 1893-1986), one of the most passionate proponents of western science among the May Fourth intellectuals, was among those who first introduced the notion of mathematical logic - especially B. Russell's work - to the Chinese readership. The post-May Fourth "intellectual enlightenment" was dominated by the search for a new socially applicable scientific objectivity which could transgress the "inner turf" of formal sciences and serve also as a tool for a universal revolution in society. Reflecting contemporary developments in philosophy and structural formal sciences, mathematical logic was presented to the Chinese readership as representing the peak of Western scientific search for universal laws. This objectivistconstruct and scientific discipline became significant precisely in the first decade of the post May Fourth search for socio-scientific objectivity, in which Zhang Shenfu played an important role, taking part in various aspects of its for
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Classification
Type
O - Miscellaneous
CEP classification
AB - History
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/LK11218" target="_blank" >LK11218: Deconstruction and construction of national traditions and science in China</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
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Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů