Comments on: Confucianism in Chinese Academia http://www.thechinabeat.org/?p=510 Blogging How the East Is Read Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:13:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Madeleine Dong http://www.thechinabeat.org/?p=510&cpage=1#comment-845 Madeleine Dong Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:06:33 +0000 http://www.thechinabeat.org/?p=510#comment-845 Thanks for pointing out these connections. It all makes goos sense and yes, no need to wonder then. Thanks for pointing out these connections. It all makes goos sense and yes, no need to wonder then.

]]> By: The China Beat http://www.thechinabeat.org/?p=510&cpage=1#comment-841 The China Beat Mon, 27 Jul 2009 02:36:46 +0000 http://www.thechinabeat.org/?p=510#comment-841 A response from Daniel Bell<br /><br />No need to wonder, better to consult the book itself. Richard Nisbett and Peng Kaiping have collaborated on some experiments discussed in the Geography of Thought (the book itself mentions Prof. Peng on several occasions). Prof. Peng is professor at Berkeley and is now starting a department of psychology at Tsinghua and he supports his arguments with rigorous experiments. Dr. Wu Shali recently graduated from the University of Chicao and also supports her arguments with rigorous experiments. A response from Daniel Bell

No need to wonder, better to consult the book itself. Richard Nisbett and Peng Kaiping have collaborated on some experiments discussed in the Geography of Thought (the book itself mentions Prof. Peng on several occasions). Prof. Peng is professor at Berkeley and is now starting a department of psychology at Tsinghua and he supports his arguments with rigorous experiments. Dr. Wu Shali recently graduated from the University of Chicao and also supports her arguments with rigorous experiments.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.thechinabeat.org/?p=510&cpage=1#comment-840 Anonymous Sat, 25 Jul 2009 05:22:58 +0000 http://www.thechinabeat.org/?p=510#comment-840 Peng Kaiping is a Berkeley psychology professor and Director of the Culture and Cognition Lab there, so I guess he used experiments as well. Peng Kaiping is a Berkeley psychology professor and Director of the Culture and Cognition Lab there, so I guess he used experiments as well.

]]> By: Madeleine Dong http://www.thechinabeat.org/?p=510&cpage=1#comment-839 Madeleine Dong Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:00:26 +0000 http://www.thechinabeat.org/?p=510#comment-839 The arguments of Peng Kaiping and Wu Shali, that "there are striking cognitive differences between Chinese and Americans, with Chinese more likely to use contextual and dialectical approaches to solving problems," sound surprisingly similar to those presented in the book The Geography of Thought : How Asians and Westerners Think Differently...and Why (2003) by University of Michigan professor Richard Nisbett. Nisbett based his arguments on experiments; one wonders how Peng and Wu reached their conclusion. The arguments of Peng Kaiping and Wu Shali, that "there are striking cognitive differences between Chinese and Americans, with Chinese more likely to use contextual and dialectical approaches to solving problems," sound surprisingly similar to those presented in the book The Geography of Thought : How Asians and Westerners Think Differently…and Why (2003) by University of Michigan professor Richard Nisbett. Nisbett based his arguments on experiments; one wonders how Peng and Wu reached their conclusion.

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