000			01578cam a2200169 i 4500
020			_a9780199490363
082	0	4	_a658.4038 _bRAJ/H
100	0		_aRājangurukkaḷ
245	1	0	_aHistory and theory of knowledge production :an introductory outline
260			_aNew Delhi _bOUP _c2019
300			_ax, 308p.
520			_aWho decides what should be recognized as knowledge? What forces engender knowledge? How do certain forms of it acquire precedence over the rest, and why? Exploring these fundamental questions, this book provides an introductory outline of the vast history of knowledge systems under the broad categories of European and non-European, specifically Indian. It not only traces ontology and epistemology in spatio-temporal terms, but also contextualizes methodological development by comparing Indian and European systems of knowledge and their methods of production as well as techniques ensuring reliability. Knowledge cannot have a history of its own, independent of social history. Therefore, using a vast array of sources, including Greek, Prakrit, Chinese, and Arab texts, the book situates the history of knowledge production within the matrix of multiple socio-economic and politico-cultural systems. Further, the volume also analyses the process of the rise of science and new science and reviews speculative thoughts about the dynamics of the subatomic micro-universe as well as the mechanics of the galactic macro-universe.
650		0	_aKnowledge management
650		0	_aKnowledge, Theory of
650		0	_aLearning and scholarship.
942			_cBK
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