[INDOLOGY] "Vedic Science"

[Dominik Wujastyk]

I gave a talk for the Hinduja Foundation that was subsequently published as
"Science and Vedic Studies" in JIP in 1998.  PDF
<https://www.academia.edu/492300/Science_and_Vedic_Studies>.  And although
not aimed at Indian materials, I made a preliminary exploration of issues
of trust in a lecture -> paper a few years ago.  I consider networks of
trust to be at the heart of the issue of scientific truth, following
Michael Polanyi.

Wujastyk, D. Baatz, U. & Biffl, G. (Eds.) "Whom Do We Trust? Authority,
Authenticity and the History of Science" in *Die Krise und das Gute Leben*,
NÖ Forschungs- und Bildungsges. mḃ.H und Donau-Universität Krems (Hg.),
2015, 37-46.

also at the academia.edu site, I believe.

There are other critical writings on this topic, including especially works
by Mira Nanda <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meera_Nanda>.  Her 2016
essays *Science
in Saffron: Skeptical Essays on History of Science* is good but hard to
get.  Her best-known work is *Prophets Facing Backwards*.

Best,
Dominik

--
Professor Dominik Wujastyk <http://ualberta.academia.edu/DominikWujastyk>
,

Singhmar Chair in Classical Indian Society and Polity
,

Department of History and Classics <http://historyandclassics.ualberta.ca/>
,
University of Alberta, Canada
.

South Asia at the U of A:

sas.ualberta.ca



On Sat, 17 Nov 2018 at 19:03, Dean Michael Anderson via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

>
> https://www.frontline.in/the-nation/article25437649.ece
>
> "Engineering students across the country will be introduced to a new kind
> of “science fiction” in the next academic year, thanks to the All India
> Council of Technical Education (AICTE)....
>
> what is seen as an attempt to instil pride and awareness about India's
> fabled past so that they are not swept off their feet by the advancements
> in science and technology in the West.
>
> The objective might be laudable, but the claims made in “Bharatiya Vidya
> Saar”, edited by Dr Shashibala, have drawn flak."
>
>
>
> I have heard that Dominik has written one or two articles that address
> some the more outrageous of these claims.
>
> Are those available anywhere? Are there papers by others as well?
>
> Best,
>
> Dean
>
>
>
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