“Who’s Afraid of Reductionism? The Study of Religion in the Age of Cognitive Science,” Journal of the American Academy of Religion 76.2 (June 2008): 375-411. *

Accompanied by “Reply to Cho & Squier” (418-419) and “Response to Cho & Squier” (449-454).

As of December 2012, this article was listed by JAAR as its #1 most cited article.

“Distinguishing the Perspective of Religious Insider From That of Academic Outsider: A Response to ‘評斯林格蘭對《老子》無為之詮釋’ [‘A Critique of Slingerland’s Interpretation of Wu-wei in the Laozi’],” 中國哲學與文化 (The Journal of Chinese Philosophy and Culture) 1 (April 2007): 321-326.

Slingerland, Edward, Eric Blanchard and Lyn Boyd-Judson. “Collision with China: Conceptual Metaphor Analysis, Somatic Marking, and the EP-3 Incident,” (PDF) International Studies Quarterly 51.1 (March 2007): 53-77. *

Attempt to perform metaphor analysis of political rhetoric on a large scale in both Chinese and English.

“Conceptual Blending, Somatic Marking, and Normativity: A Case Example from Ancient Chinese,” (PDF) Cognitive Linguistics 16.3 (September 2005): 557-584. *

Brings together conceptual blending theory and Antonio Damasio’s concept of somatic marking.

“Conceptions of the Self in the Zhuangzi: Conceptual Metaphor Analysis and Comparative Thought,” (PDF) Philosophy East & West 54.3 (July 2004): 322-342. *

Reprinted in Figuring Religions: Comparing Ideas, Images, and Activities, ed. Shubha Pathak, 63-89. Albany, NY: SUNY Press (2013).

“Conceptual Metaphor Theory as Methodology for Comparative Religion,” (PDF) Journal of the American Academy of Religion 72.1 (March 2004): 1-31. *

“Virtue Ethics, the Analects, and the Problem of Commensurability,” (PDF) Journal of Religious Ethics 29.1 (Summer 2001): 97-125. *

Reprinted in Confucian Studies: Critical Concepts, ed. Yao Xinzhong and Tu Weiming, Routledge 2013.

“Effortless Action: the Chinese Spiritual Ideal of Wu-wei,” (PDF) Journal of the American Academy of Religion 68.2 (June 2000): 293-328. *

Article version of my dissertation project.

“The Conception of Ming [“Fate”] in Early Chinese Thought,” Philosophy East and West 46.4 (1996): 567-581. *