Thorsten Pattberg,
The East-West dichotomy — Chapter 2…
“ The making of every civilization’s treasures and contributions towards history is determined by its methodology for explaining the world’s phenomena according to its own experience and mode of rational interpretation: The East became more inductive while the West become more deductive – this appears to be born out by all the evidence. ”
Thorsten Pattberg,
The East-West dichotomy — Chapter 2…
“ Western modernity is to be overcome by the Eastern religious mind. While the vigorous deductive West had to occupy foreign terrain, build churches and spread the Gospel, the inductive East entertained certain passivity, albeit with a long-term holistic world view: We firmly believe, no matter how long it requires, the day will be with us when universal peace and the world of oneness will finally come true. ”
Thorsten Pattberg,
The East-West dichotomy — Chapter 2…
“ In deductive reasoning, one deduces the particular “Socrates is unique” from universal “all men are unique”, relying on the premises “Socrates is a man” and “All men are unique”. The conclusion is sound and valid.A world thus described by deductive reasoning reaches new conclusions from previously known facts ad infinitum. A world by inductive reasoning on the other hand allocates relations to recurring phenomenal patterns. ”
