Authors :
Sujay Rao Mandavilli
Volume/Issue :
Volume 8 - 2023, Issue 4 - April
Google Scholar :
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7888800
Abstract :
We begin this paper by providing a brief
overview of the history of science in different civilizations
and cultures around the world since ancient times, in order
to show that different cultures and traditions across
geographies have contributed to human thought since time
immemorial, and that “Eurocentrism” in science the way
we understand it, is a more recent phenomenon, traceable
particularly to the renaissance and the enlightenment
which took place in those regions. Much has been talked
about globalization in the twenty-first century, and the
emergence of Japan, Korea, China, India, and countries in
the Middle East as potential powers in the twenty-first
century. It is imperative too, that science today be
endowed with a cosmopolitan character and outlook, and
students of science around the world no longer be fed on a
diet of Eurocentric perspectives alone; this is additionally
important because scientific endeavour is the basis of the
design of educational systems and pedagogical theory, and
the nurturing of future generations of researchers and
scholars. This has been the raison d’etre, focus, and
emphasis of all our work over the past several years.
Science should not only therefore not only become more
and more fieldwork driven, but also embrace a multitude
of perspectives of denizens of major and minor cultures
across the world. Thus, ivory tower approaches should
become a thing of the past, and science should become
increasingly culture-neutral and ideology-free. This is as
such, our fourth paper on the philosophy of science, and
our earlier work focussed, among other things, on the
importance of the social duties of every researcher and
scholar, the principle of exceptionism or the sociological
ninety ten rule, and the certainty uncertainty principle.
This paper can also be therefore seen as the logical
culmination of all our earlier endeavours, and is an
integral part of the “Globalization of science” movement.
We begin this paper by providing a brief
overview of the history of science in different civilizations
and cultures around the world since ancient times, in order
to show that different cultures and traditions across
geographies have contributed to human thought since time
immemorial, and that “Eurocentrism” in science the way
we understand it, is a more recent phenomenon, traceable
particularly to the renaissance and the enlightenment
which took place in those regions. Much has been talked
about globalization in the twenty-first century, and the
emergence of Japan, Korea, China, India, and countries in
the Middle East as potential powers in the twenty-first
century. It is imperative too, that science today be
endowed with a cosmopolitan character and outlook, and
students of science around the world no longer be fed on a
diet of Eurocentric perspectives alone; this is additionally
important because scientific endeavour is the basis of the
design of educational systems and pedagogical theory, and
the nurturing of future generations of researchers and
scholars. This has been the raison d’etre, focus, and
emphasis of all our work over the past several years.
Science should not only therefore not only become more
and more fieldwork driven, but also embrace a multitude
of perspectives of denizens of major and minor cultures
across the world. Thus, ivory tower approaches should
become a thing of the past, and science should become
increasingly culture-neutral and ideology-free. This is as
such, our fourth paper on the philosophy of science, and
our earlier work focussed, among other things, on the
importance of the social duties of every researcher and
scholar, the principle of exceptionism or the sociological
ninety ten rule, and the certainty uncertainty principle.
This paper can also be therefore seen as the logical
culmination of all our earlier endeavours, and is an
integral part of the “Globalization of science” movement.
