| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| CONTENTS | 第8-10页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第10-20页 |
| 1.1 Introduction of Joseph Needham | 第10-11页 |
| 1.2 Contribution of Science and Civilization in China | 第11-12页 |
| 1.3 General Idea of Volume Six Medicine | 第12-13页 |
| 1.4 Reason for Researching the Volume of Medicine | 第13页 |
| 1.5 Previous Researches on Joseph Needham | 第13-16页 |
| 1.6 Research Question and Contribution of This Thesis | 第16-17页 |
| 1.7 Design and Distribution of the Content | 第17-20页 |
| CHAPTER TWO METHODOLOGY OF SOCIOLOGY OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE | 第20-30页 |
| 2.1 Sociology of Scientific Knowledge in Conflict with Needham's Concept | 第20页 |
| 2.2 Needham's Perspectives on Oriental Study | 第20-21页 |
| 2.3 Marx and Weber's Influence on Joseph Needham | 第21-22页 |
| 2.4 Needham's Refusal of Euro-centrism | 第22-23页 |
| 2.5 Needham's Criterion of Modern Science | 第23-25页 |
| 2.6 Paradigm Shifts in SSK | 第25-26页 |
| 2.7 Diversity of science in SSK | 第26-27页 |
| 2.8 Social Construction in SSK | 第27-30页 |
| CHAPTER THREE NEEDHAM'S STRUCTURAL PREFERENCE | 第30-42页 |
| 3.1 Selection of Mainline to Illustrate Chinese Medical History | 第30-33页 |
| 3.2 Overlooked Herbal Medicine | 第33-36页 |
| 3.3 Over-emphasized Alchemic Culture | 第36-38页 |
| 3.4 Parrying Magico-religious Culture | 第38-42页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR NEEDHAM'S CULTURAL FALLACIES | 第42-52页 |
| 4.1 Wu Xing versus Six Diseases | 第42-44页 |
| 4.2 “Vagueness” of Zheng versus “Objectivity” of Disease | 第44-47页 |
| 4.3 Social Construction of Chinese Medicine's Inferiority in Curing Acute Disease | 第47-52页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第52-54页 |
| WORKS CITED | 第54-56页 |
| 在学期间发表论文清单 | 第56页 |
