> Who brought up the "west" in this context? and why is it so important?
Because the "west", with all its flaws, created the scientific method, also shortened as "science".
Trying to explain science while excluding the Greeks, or Roma, or France, or UK, or Germany, Sweden, Spain, USA, etc... is a total nonsense. Western societies are the standard measure to compare anything related with science, because they were shaped by science.
Because the "west", with all its flaws, created the scientific method, also shortened as "science".
Trying to explain science while excluding the Greeks, or Roma, or France, or UK, or Germany, Sweden, Spain, USA, etc... is a total nonsense. Western societies are the standard measure to compare anything related with science, because they were shaped by science.