| 书目名称 | Feng Shui: Teaching About Science and Pseudoscience | | 编辑 | Michael R. Matthews | | 视频video | | | 概述 | Is the only comprehensive educational examination of feng shui.Offers a historical cultural narrative intertwined with philosophy of science.Presents a detailed defence of the coherence and utility of | | 丛书名称 | Science: Philosophy, History and Education | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | .This book provides a richly documented account of the historical, cultural, philosophical and practical dimensions of feng shui. It argues that where feng shui is entrenched educational systems have a responsibility to examine its claims, and that this examination provides opportunities for students to better learn about the key features of the nature of science, the demarcation of science and non-science, the characteristics of pseudoscience, and the engagement of science with culture and worldviews. The arguments presented for feng shui being a pseudoscience can be marshalled when considering a whole range of comparable beliefs and the educational benefit of their appraisal..Feng shui is a deeply-entrenched, three-millennia-old system of Asian beliefs and practices about nature, architecture, health, and divination that has garnered a growing presence outside of Asia. It is part of a comprehensive and ancient worldview built around belief in chi (qi) the putative universal energy or life-force that animates all existence, the cosmos, the solar system, the earth, and human bodies. Harmonious living requires building in accord with local chi streams; good health requires replenis | | 出版日期 | Book 2019 | | 关键词 | history of Feng Shui; Pseudoscience; Origin of Feng Shui; Feng Shui in Teaiwan; Chang Tsai; geomancy; Matt | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18822-1 | | isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-18824-5 | | isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-18822-1Series ISSN 2520-8594 Series E-ISSN 2520-8608 | | issn_series | 2520-8594 | | copyright | Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 |
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