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Michael R. Matthews Feng Shui: Teaching About Science and Pseudoscience Reihe: Science: Philosophy, History and Education

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 the concept of pseudoscience Discusses key episodes in the engagement of Chinese culture with Western science Documents the role of science and politics in the modernization of China 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 1st ed. 2019, XX, 340 p. 21 illus. 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 Gedrucktes Buch engagement of science with culture and worldviews. The arguments presented for feng shui Hardcover being a pseudoscience can be marshalled when considering a whole range of comparable 109,99 € | £99.99 | $139.99 beliefs and the educational benefit of their appraisal. Feng shui is a deeply-entrenched, three- [1] 117,69 € (D) | 120,99 € (A) | CHF millennia-old system of Asian beliefs and practices about nature, architecture, health, and 130,00 divination that has garnered a growing presence outside of Asia. It is part of a comprehensive Softcover and ancient worldview built around belief in chi (qi) the putative universal energy or life-force 79,99 € | £69.99 | $99.99 that animates all existence, the cosmos, the solar system, the earth, and human bodies. [1]85,59 € (D) | 87,99 € (A) | CHF Harmonious living requires building in accord with local chi streams; good health requires 94,50 replenishment and manipulation of internal chi flow; and a beneficent afterlife is enhanced when buried in conformity with chi directions. Traditional Chinese Medicine is based on the eBook proper manipulation of internal chi by acupuncture, tai-chi and qigong exercise, and herbal 67,40 € | £55.99 | $79.99 dietary supplements. [2]67,40 € (D) | 67,40 € (A) | CHF 75,50 Erhältlich bei Ihrer Bibliothek oder springer.com/shop MyCopy [3] Printed eBook for just € | $ 24.99 springer.com/mycopy

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