March 01, 2016

孝道——一种自然主义的解释 (PDF)→

March 01, 2016/ Ryan Nichols

Nichols, R. (2014). Studies in Philosophy of Science and Technology 31 (5): 98-106.

February 29, 2016

The Origins and Effects of Filial Piety (Xiao 孝): How Culture Solves an Evolutionary Problem for Parents (PDF)→

February 29, 2016/ Ryan Nichols

Nichols, R. (2013). Journal of Cognition and Culture, 13(3-4), 201–230. DOI: 10.1163/15685373-12342092

February 29, 2016

A Genealogy of Early Confucian Moral Psychology (PDF)→

February 29, 2016/ Ryan Nichols

Nichols, R. (2011). Philosophy East and West, 61(4), 609–629. DOI: 10.1353/pew.2011.0057

February 29, 2016

孝心的人类学起源 (PDF)→

February 29, 2016/ Ryan Nichols

Nichols, R. (2009). In On Happiness (Xing Fu De Ao Mi) 《幸福的奥秘》(2009) (1-15). Kelly James Clark, ed. Zheng Zhiyong (郑志勇), trans. Shi Jie Zhi Shi Chu Ban She: Beijing.

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Footbinding, hypergamy, and handicraft labor: Evaluating the Labor Market Hypothesis of footbinding (PDF)

Nichols, R. Forthcoming in Evolutionary Psychological Science

Supernatural Agents and Prosociality in Historical China: Micro-Modeling the Cultural Evolution of Gods and Morality in Textual Corpora (PDF)

Nichols, R., Slingerland, E., Nielbo, K. L., Kirby, P., & Logan, C. (2020). Religion, Brain & Behavior, 1-19. DOI: 10.1080/2153599X.2020.1742778

Modeling the Contested Relationship between Analects, Mencius, and Xunzi: Preliminary Evidence from a Machine-Learning Approach (PDF)

Nichols, R., Slingerland, E., Nielbo, K., Bergeton, U., Logan, C., & Kleinman, S. (2018). The Journal of Asian Studies, 77(1), 19-57. DOI: 10.1017/S0021911817000973

Early Confucianism Is a System for Social-Functional Influence and Probably Does Not Represent a Normative Ethical Theory (PDF)

Nichols, R. (2015). Dao 14: 499-520. DOI: 10.1007/s11712-015-9464-8

Re-evaluating the Effects of the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake on Eighteenth-Century Minds: How Cognitive Science of Religion Improves Intellectual History with Hypothesis Testing Methods (PDF)

Nichols, R. (2014). Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 82(4), 970–1009. DOI: 10.1093/jaarel/lfu033

Toward a Science of Science Fiction: Applying Quantitative Methods to Genre Individuation (PDF)

Nichols, R., Lynn, J., & Purzycki, B.G. (2014). Scientific Study of Literature, 4(1), 25–45. DOI: 10.1075/ssol.4.1.02nic

The Social Cost of Atheism: How Perceived Religiosity Influences Moral Appraisal (PDF)

Wright, J., & Nichols, R. (2014). Journal of Cognition and Culture, 14, 115–137. DOI: 10.1163/15685373-12342112

The Origins and Effects of Filial Piety (Xiao 孝): How Culture Solves an Evolutionary Problem for Parents (PDF)

Nichols, R. (2013). Journal of Cognition and Culture, 13(3-4), 201–230. DOI: 10.1163/15685373-12342092