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Study On The Development Of Mathematics In Tang Dynasty And The Inspiration To Us In Modern Society

Posted on:2006-11-14Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Z B HeFull Text:PDF
GTID:2120360155962540Subject:Philosophy of science and technology
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The Tang Dynasty's society is super development but it's mathematics is draggle. This article starts from study why this happened in Tang Dynasty.Tang Dynasty's mathematics' most major character is its sociality, namely, it is under Chinese long-term feudalism despotic politics' system control, traditional mathematics has the direct compliance relations regarding the society. Moreover, the Chinese traditional mathematics' thinking mode also is different with the ancient Greece tradition— the strict logical way. Chinese tradition mathematics basically uses non- logical thinking modes. Namely mainly are through thought form and so on the intuition, imagination, inspiration, analogy forms the concept, discovers the method, realization inference. Moreover Chinese tradition mathematics is one part of our country traditional culture, it also inevitably receives the traditional culture's influence. Like "being mad theory", and so on the idea has some religious mysticism factors.The Tang Dynasty is an important period in our country history, but there is actually few literature material about Tang Dynasty mathematics. This article from Tang Dynasty question and so on society background and mathematics achievement embarks, thought our country traditional mathematics thoughts to the Tang Dynasty mathematics development influence is various. Through to the analysis on Tang Dynasty mathematics development analyzes comprehensively the Tang Dynasty's mathematics achievement from culture background, feudal-bureaucracy, and study tradition. This article believed, the Tang Dynasty mathematics controlled by Confucian-culture affected its status in the total sciences; thought's social-adhesion has affected mathematics in the Tang Dynasty entirely science status; bureaucracy system affects its freedom of studies; study tradition's mysticism of number affects its determination, causes mathematics not to be able to obtain the true value; the traditional mathematics' non-logic thinking mode has restricted the Tang Dynasty mathematics in the theoretically achievements; In the traditional mathematics thought conservative causes Tang Dynasty mathematics to flood the religious mysticism factor at the same time. Moreover these three aspects are affect mutually, are affecting mutually.Through analysis, this article believed, Tang Dynasty mathematics, is a knowledge which develops in the China feudal society politics entity. It's already knowing how things stand study own some nature, also has the strong time and the region color, Its bare bone is adapts with the Chinese feudalism universal politics economic structure and the corresponding humanities environment. Therefore, the Tang Dynasty mathematics will appear the trough the basic reason is deficiently likes for 16th century later to the science and technology such society propelling force.
Keywords/Search Tags:Mathematics development, Tang Dynasty, Sociality, Alogicalness, Conservative nature
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