TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nisbett,Richard E
TI  - The geography of thought: how Asians and Westerners think differently-- and why 
AV  - BF311 .G464 2003
PY  - 2003///
CY  - New York
PB  - Free Press
KW  - Cognition and culture
KW  - East and West
KW  - Psychology, Comparative
KW  - East Asia
KW  - Philosophy and science
KW  - China
KW  - Greece
KW  - Thought and thinking
N1  - 1 (pages 241.-252) and index; 1. The syllogism and the Tao : philosophy, science, and society in ancient Greece and China --; 2. The social origins of mind : economics, social practices, and thought --; 3. Living together vs. going it alone : social life and sense of self in the modern East and West --; 4. "Eyes in back of your head" or "Keep your eye on the ball"? : envisioning the world --; 5. "The bad seed" or "The other boys made him do it"? : causal attribution and causal modeling East and West  --; 6. Is the world made up of nouns or verbs? : categories and rules vs. relationships and similarities --; 7. "Ce n'est pas logique" or "You've got a point there"? : logic and the law of noncontradiction vs. dialectic and the middle way --; 8. And if the nature of thought is not everywhere the same? : implications for psychology, philosophy, education, and everyday life --; Epilogue. The end of psychology or the clash of mentalities? : the longevity of differences; 2
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