Science and Technology in Pre-Colonial Asian Societies
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Pre-Colonial Paradigms
World Views
Manipulated
by means and
Instruments
Outside the
realm of the
manipulable
1 2
Theoretical
Constructs
Systematic
constructs
1 2
Rational approach to reality
Atomism
Space
Time
Heat
Doctrine
of the 5
elements
Vedic
1
F i v e f o r m s o f m at t e r
e x i s t i n e v e ry t h i n g i n t h e w o r l d
ELEMENTS
Mutual interrelation
Mutual interdependence
interpenetration
WATER
All are
derived
from
MEDICINE
Firm
Solid
Rough
Hard
Olfactory
sense
bile Visual
sense
Inhalation
exhalation
cutaneous
sense
Liquid
Mobile
Slow
viscid
gustatory
sense
porosity
aUDITORY
sense
Universal Cosmic Law
Regulates the physical
and non-physical world
At
om
ism
2
Primordial stuff of the universe
NYAYA VAISESIKA
NYAYA VAISESIKA
NYAYA VAISESIKA
jains
jains
jains
buddhists
buddhists
3
Bodies are recognized to occupy
separate positions.
Atomism
Space
Time
Heat
Doctrine
of the 5
elements
Atomism
Space
Time
Heat
Doctrine
of the 5
elements
Atomism
Space
Time
Heat
Doctrine
of the 5
elements