Description
“Beneath the discussion and clarification of problems, of
which both sides
agreed to have them in common and which are documented in this volume, one
of the important insights on both sides had been disagreements depending
on a different way in seeing, articulating and reflecting on these
problems. So, the English term `science’, in differing from the German
`Wissenschaft’ (which includes not only sciences of nature, but also
humanities), is meant in the Western tradition as the `uninterested’
research for truth, especially for most general laws; but the Chinese
understanding seems to be characterized by an immediate connection of
science and its practical use.”
(The Editors)
Wenchao Li is Director of the Leibniz-Edition Potsdam at the
Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities; he is also Founder
of the Research Institute for German philosophy of Technology at Dalian
University of Technology, China.
Hans Poser is Professor (resigned) for Philosophy at the Berlin University
of Technology and Honorary Director of the Institute of Philosophy of
Dalian University of Technology.