Science, Philosophy and Culture:Multi Disciplinary Explorations (Part 2)

by D.P. Chattopadhyaya and Ravinder Kumar

The present collection of papers in two parts provides a comprehensive introduction to the multi volume Project of History of Indian Science Philosophy and culture.No civilization can remain great or escape breakdown without a sound theoretical and practical foundation underlying it. This multidisciplinary project is based on this time tested truth.Dichotomies between theory and practice science and technology nature and nurture and their cognates are fancied to be of relatively recent origin.The perdpective of the project is admittedly historical. But history is presented here in a nonlinear or fuzzy way. Its context is cultural in all its major aspects scientific technological and humanistic. D.P. Chattopadhyaya is founder chairman of the Indian council of philosophy research (1981-1990) and president cum chairman of the Indian Institute of advanced study Shimla (1984-1991). Chattopadhyaya is currently the project director of the multidisciplinary 96 vol. Project of history of Indian science philosophy and culture and chairman of the centre for studies in civilization.