恰托帕德亚亚人类学与科学编史学研究初探

The Study of D.P. Chattopadhyaya's Work about Anthropology and Historiography of Science

著名印度学者恰托帕德亚亚在所著《人类学与科学编史学》一书中,就人类学和科学编史学进行了专门的论述,对人类学和历史学的关系提出了一些独到的见解,为科学编史学的研究提供了一个新的视角.本文主要是在论述作者的主要观点的基础上,对之进行相关分析和评价,并对"用人类学方法来理解和研究科学技术史"的问题进行一些分析和初步探讨.

D.P. Chattopadhyaya is a well-known Indian intellectual. In the work of anthropology and historiography of science, he discourses on anthropology and historiography of science, puts forward some original sights of the relation between anthropology and history of science. After discussing the main idea of this work, this paper did some analysis and appraisement of it, and did a tentative study of the new review.