March 01, 2016

Thomas Reid→

March 01, 2016/ Ryan Nichols

Nichols, Ryan and Yaffe, Gideon (2015). The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Summer 2015 Edition, Edward N. Zalta (ed.).

March 01, 2016

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)→

March 01, 2016/ Ryan Nichols

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

March 01, 2016

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

March 01, 2016/ Ryan Nichols

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

February 29, 2016

Thomas Reid on Reidian Religious Belief Forming Faculties (PDF)→

February 29, 2016/ Ryan Nichols

Nichols, R. and Callergård, R. (2011). The Modern Schoolman, 88(3/4), Theological Themes in Modern Philosophy, 317–335. DOI: 10.5840/schoolman2011883/418

February 29, 2016

Natural Philosophy and Its Limits in the Scottish Enlightenment (PDF)→

February 29, 2016/ Ryan Nichols

Nichols, R (2007). The Monist, 90: 233–250. DOI: 10.5840/monist200790215

February 29, 2016

Actions, Their Effects and Preventable Evil (PDF)→

February 29, 2016/ Ryan Nichols

Nichols, R. (1999). International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 46, 127–145. DOI: 10.1023/A:1003886616457

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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