A Study Of The Authenticity Of Needham's Puzzle

The "Needham's puzzle" expresses the question of "why modern science did not arise in China",but the simple question is not enough to constitute the meaning of "Needham's puzzle" there should be other elements.Driven by these elements,Joseph aised such doubts.Therefore,the "Needham's puzzle" should be the constituent elements of " why between the firs century B.C.and fifteen century A.D.,Chinese civilization was much more efficient than occidental in applying human natural knowledge to practical human needs." Joseph believes is that China should produce modern science.This real and natural gap is the logical structure of the question raised by Joseph.By analyzing on logical structure,we know that,this kind of due itself China should produce modern science is not unreasonable,even if China once had a much higher level of science and technology than the West,We can't assert that China should have modern science,the emergence of new science is not only the accumulation of scientific knowledge,but also need to be inspired by certain coincidence factors,so that it will move to a new stage of development.Secondly,in the establishment of the relationship in the logical structure,there is also the affirmation that China's science and technology development at a certain time is much higher than that of the West.The argument is only evidence of the science and technology China once possessed,but neither science nor technology has been in what Joseph Lee thinks is far superior to the West.Therefore,when there are problems with those elements themselves,the propositions of those elements are naturally incorrect.That is,the Joseph Lee puzzle is a pseudo-proposition.It is only in the study of this problem that people realize the level of scientific and technological development in China,and the gap between China and the West in scientific development in modern times,although it is a pseudo-proposition,it is also has research significance,which can arouse people's long-term and extensive discussion and research.Therefore,the logical structure of the value judgment of "Needham's puzzle" has a problem,China produce the modern science should not exist,the leading of science and technology identified by its constituent elements also has cognitive errors,so this paper thinks that the "Needham's puzzle" is a false proposition.