When Chinese Medicine became Chinese: Attributions of Nationality from Inside and Outside

When Chinese Medicine became Chinese: Attributions of Nationality from Inside and Outside

Before we turn to the key issues to be addressed by this seminar, let me first give you my definitions of the two core terms we are using in this context. What is“science”and what is“medicine”? As we all know, there are about as many attempts at defining the concept of“science”as there are authors who have addressed this issue, and it may not make very much sense to add yet another personal or idiosyncratic view. However, such definitions often depend on the framework of discussions the respective terms and notions are to be used in, and it is therefore that I venture to define science anew, this time for the purpose of a cross-cultural research project that is to include modern and ancient Europe and East Asia.