JOURNAL ARTICLES
& Book Chapters
Asterisks indicate refereed publications; sole-authored unless otherwise indicated.
Psychology as a Historical Science
Muthukrishna, Michael, Joseph Henrich and Edward Slingerland. “Psychology as a Historical Science,” (PDF) Annual Review of Psychology 72 (January 2021, published on-line October 2020). *
Psychology has traditionally seen itself as the science of universal human cognition, but it has only recently begun seriously grappling with cross-cultural variation. Here we argue that the roots of cross-cultural variation often lie in the past. We review examples of research that may be classified as historical psychology, introduce sources of historical data and methods for analyzing them, explain the critical role of theory, and discuss how psychologists can add historical depth and nuance to their work.
Introduction: Cognitive Science and Chinese Philosophy
“Introduction: Cognitive Science and Chinese Philosophy,” in Huang, Kevin and Edward Slingerland (editors), Guoji Hanxue luncong 國際漢學論叢 Special Issue on Chinese Philosophy and Cognitive Science, Jao Tsung-I Academy of Sinology in Hong Kong, in press.
Toward a Second Wave of Consilience in the Cognitive Scientific Study of Religion
“Toward a Second Wave of Consilience in the Cognitive Scientific Study of Religion” , (PDF) Journal for Cognitive Historiography 1.1: 121-130 (2013). *
Mind-Body Dualism and the Two Cultures
“Mind-Body Dualism and the Two Cultures,” (PDF) in Creating Consilience, Integrating the Sciences and the Humanities, ed. Edward Slingerland and Mark Collard, 74-87. New York: Oxford University Press (2012). *
Creating Consilience: Toward a Second Wave
Slingerland, Edward and Mark Collard. “Creating Consilience: Toward a Second Wave,” (PDF) in Creating Consilience, Integrating the Sciences and the Humanities, ed. Edward Slingerland and Mark Collard, 3-40. New York: Oxford University Press (2012). *
Consilience and the Status of Human Level Truth
“Consilience and the Status of Human Level Truth,” in A Vision of Transdisciplinarity; Laying Foundations for a World Knowledge Dialogue, ed. Frédéric Darbellay, Moira Cockell, Jérôme Billotte and Francis Waldvogel, 51-60. Lausanne, Switzerland: EPFL Press, 2008.
Good and Bad Reductionism: Acknowledging the Power of Culture
“Good and Bad Reductionism: Acknowledging the Power of Culture,” (PDF) invited response to Joseph Carroll target article, “An Evolutionary Paradigm for Literary Study”, Style 42.2-3 (Summer/Fall 2008): 266-271.