Lisa Raphals wrote this Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry, Science and Chinese Philosophy, first published in 2015 with a substantive revision in 2020, covering figures including Zou Yan and the Yin-Yang school, for which no standalone Stanford Encyclopedia entry exists. Its strength is that it is a peer reviewed, professionally maintained reference by a specialist in early Chinese thought, verified live against the current published entry. Its limit is that as a synthesizing encyclopedia article it necessarily treats Zou Yan and Yin-Yang cosmology at a survey level within a wider entry, so a claim needing focused treatment of Zou Yan specifically needs a dedicated specialist source.
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Written by Lisa Raphals, a specialist in early Chinese thought, for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, a signed, peer reviewed and continually revised specialist reference maintained by the Metaphysics Research Lab at Stanford University; a synthesizing survey entry rather than a full monograph, hence the middle tier. NotesFirst published 2015-04-28; substantive revision 2020-10-07. Covers Zou Yan and the Yin-Yang school; no standalone SEP entry for the school exists. Verified live 2026-08-06.
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AuthorLisa Raphals
PublisherMetaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University
Publication Year2015
URLhttps://plato.stanford.edu/entries/chinese-phil-science/
Source Typereference
Claims Backed By This Source (25 claims)
This source backs 25 claims across the atlas. As facts: 20 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Philosophical Schools, 10 claims: 7 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
- Articles, 5 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Historical Figures, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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