JOURNAL ARTICLES
& Book Chapters
Asterisks indicate refereed publications; sole-authored unless otherwise indicated.
China as the Radical “Other”: Lessons for the Cognitive Science of Religion
“China as the Radical “Other”: Lessons for the Cognitive Science of Religion,” in Religious Cognition in China: “Homo Religiosus” and the Dragon, ed. Ryan Hornbeck, Justin Barrett and Madeleine Kang, pp. 55-75. Springer. *
Scientific Morality
“Scientific Morality,” in This Idea Must Die: Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress, ed. John Brockman, 365-368. New York: Harper (2015).
The Cultural Evolution of Religion: Group Report 4
Bulbulia, Joseph, Armin Geertz, Quentin Atkinson, Emma Cohen, Joseph Henrich, Ara Norenzayan, Edward Slingerland, Harvey Whitehouse, Thomas Widlok and David Sloan Wilson. “The Cultural Evolution of Religion: Group Report 4,” (PDF) in Cultural Evolution: Strüngmann Forum Reports, Vol. 12, ed. Peter Richerson and Morton Christiansen. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press (2013). *
Religious Prosociality: A Synthesis
Norenzayan, Ara, Joseph Henrich and Edward Slingerland. “Religious Prosociality: A Synthesis,” (PDF) in Cultural Evolution: Strüngmann Forum Reports, Vol. 12, ed. Peter Richerson and Morton Christiansen. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press (2013). *
The Evolution of Prosocial Religions
Slingerland, Edward, Joseph Henrich and Ara Norenzayan. “The Evolution of Prosocial Religions,” (PDF) in Cultural Evolution: Strüngmann Forum Reports, Vol. 12, ed. Peter Richerson and Morton Christiansen. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press (2013). *
Cognitive Science and Religious Thought: The Case of Psychological Interiority in the Analects
“Cognitive Science and Religious Thought: The Case of Psychological Interiority in the Analects,” (PDF) in Mental Culture: Classical Social Theory and the Cognitive Science of Religion, ed. Dimitris Xygalatas and Lee McCorkle. London: Acumen Publishing, Religion, Cognition and Culture Series (2013). *
Mind-Body Dualism and the Two Cultures
“Mind-Body Dualism and the Two Cultures,” (PDF) in Creating Consilience, Integrating the Sciences and the Humanities, ed. Edward Slingerland and Mark Collard, 74-87. New York: Oxford University Press (2012). *
Creating Consilience: Toward a Second Wave
Slingerland, Edward and Mark Collard. “Creating Consilience: Toward a Second Wave,” (PDF) in Creating Consilience, Integrating the Sciences and the Humanities, ed. Edward Slingerland and Mark Collard, 3-40. New York: Oxford University Press (2012). *
Toward an Empirically Responsible Ethics: Cognitive Science, Virtue Ethics, and Effortless Attention in Early Chinese Thought
“Toward an Empirically Responsible Ethics: Cognitive Science, Virtue Ethics, and Effortless Attention in Early Chinese Thought,” (PDF) in Effortless Attention: A New Perspective in the Cognitive Science of Attention and Action, ed. Brian Bruya, 247-286. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press (2010). *
Neuroscience, Theory of Mind and the Status of Human-Level Truth
“Neuroscience, Theory of Mind and the Status of Human-Level Truth,” in Neuroscience and Religion: Brain, Mind, Self and Soul, ed. Volney Gay, 67-108. New York: Lexington Books, 2009.
Crafts and Virtues: the Paradox of Wu-wei in the Analects
“Crafts and Virtues: the Paradox of Wu-wei in the Analect,” in Confucius Now: Contemporary Encounters with Confucius, ed. David Jones, 109-136. LaSalle, IL: Open Court Press, 2008.
Classical Confucianism (I): Confucius and the Lun-Yü
“Classical Confucianism (I): Confucius and the Lun-Yü,” in Routledge History of Chinese Philosophy, ed. Bo Mou, 107-136. London: Routledge, 2008.
Consilience and the Status of Human Level Truth
“Consilience and the Status of Human Level Truth,” in A Vision of Transdisciplinarity; Laying Foundations for a World Knowledge Dialogue, ed. Frédéric Darbellay, Moira Cockell, Jérôme Billotte and Francis Waldvogel, 51-60. Lausanne, Switzerland: EPFL Press, 2008.
Images of Women in the Analects of Confucius
“Images of Women in the Analects of Confuciusn” in Images of Women in Chinese Thought and Culture, ed. Robin Wang, New York: Hackett Publishing Company, 2003: 62-67.
Annotated translation of and introduction to selections from the Analects
Annotated translation of and introduction to selections from the Analects (with critical bibliography), in Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy, ed. P.J. Ivanhoe and Bryan Van Norden, Seven Bridges Press (August 2000): 1-53.