Science in the Forest, Science in the Past

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By Aparecida Vilaça and Geoffrey E. R. Lloyd

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Science in the Forest, Science in the Past brings together experts from anthropology, history, philosophy, mathematics, and artificial intelligence to examine different ontological assumptions about reality across indigenous, Eastern, and Western societies, both ancient and modern. The contributors challenge prevailing views about distant societies and advocate for respectful and faithful analyses that promote understanding and dialogue across cultures and academic disciplines.

This groundbreaking interdisciplinary volume reshapes how readers consider the nature of reality and the methods we use to explore it, offering valuable insights for researchers, educators, policy makers, and students alike.
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This book is ideal for academics and students in anthropology, philosophy of science, history of science, and related fields, as well as policy makers and educators interested in cross-cultural perspectives on knowledge and reality.

"The present volume stems from a workshop that the editors organized at the Needham Research Institute in Cambridge from May 31 to June 2, 2017."--Preface.

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This collection brings together leading social anthropologists, historians, philosophers of science and mathematics, and researchers in artificial intelligence to discuss the ontological presuppositions used in indigenous, Eastern, and Western societies, both ancient and contemporary, about the subjects of reality they investigate. The authors analyse prevailing assumptions about societies distant in time or space and propose more faithful, sensitive analyses of their ontologies as a step toward mutual understanding and translatability across cultures and disciplines.

Science in the Forest, Science in the Past is a pioneering interdisciplinary exploration of science and mathematics that will change the way researchers, educators, policy makers, and students think about our deeply held notions of what constitutes reality and how we apprehend and investigate it.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781912808410

Publisher: HAU Society Of Ethnographic Theory

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 22 January 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: HAU Books

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 162.0mm

Height: 232.0mm

Weight: 446g

Pages: 290

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About the Author

Geoffrey E. R. Lloyd is professor emeritus of ancient philosophy and science at the University of Cambridge, where he was master of Darwin College from 1989 to 2000. He has published over thirty books, most recently Being, Humanity and Understanding and The Ambivalences of Rationality: Ancient and Modern Cross-Cultural Explorations. Aparecida Vilaça is professor of social anthropology at the National Museum, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. She is the author of Strange Enemies: Indigenous Agency and Scenes of Encounters in Amazonia and Praying and Preying: Christianity in Indigenous Amazonia, among others.