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Full Professor | Department of Philosophy | California State University, Fullerton

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March 01, 2016

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

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

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2015, journal-articles
Confucianism, cultural transmission, social evolution, functionalism, virtue theory
March 01, 2016

Civilizing Humans with Shame: How Early Confucians Altered Inherited Evolutionary Norms through Cultural Programming to Increase Social Harmony (PDF)→

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Nichols, R. (2015). Journal of Cognition and Culture, 15(3-4), 254–284. DOI: 10.1163/15685373-12342150

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journal-articles, 2015
shame, Confucianism, evolutionary psychology, social function, cultural transmission
March 01, 2016

Thomas Reid→

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

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2015, journal-articles
Thomas Reid, Stanford, perception, knowledge, religion
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)→

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

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journal-articles, 2014
history, cognitive science, religion, earthquake, Lisbon
March 01, 2016

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

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

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journal-articles, 2014
science fiction, text analysis, big data, genre, postmodernism
March 01, 2016

孝道——一种自然主义的解释 (PDF)→

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

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journal-articles, 2014
filial piety, ethical theory, evolutionary psychology, cultural transmission, Confucius
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

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journal-articles, 2014
moral psychology, experimental philosophy, religion, morality, bias, atheism
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

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journal-articles, 2013
filial piety, Confucianism, cultural transmission, moral psychology, evolutionary psychology
February 29, 2016

Diagnosing Bias in Philosophy of Religion (PDF)→

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Draper, P., & Nichols, R. (2013). Monist, 96(3), 420–446. DOI: 10.5840/monist201396319

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journal-articles, 2013
philosophy of religion, cognitive science of religion, experimental philosophy, metaphilosophy, method
February 29, 2016

A Genealogy of Early Confucian Moral Psychology (PDF)→

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

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2011, journal-articles
filial piety, Confucianism, cultural transmission, moral psychology, evolutionary psychology
February 29, 2016

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

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

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journal-articles, 2011
bias, cognitive science of religion, knowledge, religion, Thomas Reid, epistemology
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

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journal-articles, 2007
Scottish Enlightenment, Thomas Reid, bias, science, method, religion
February 29, 2016

Why Is the History of Philosophy Worth Our Study? (PDF)→

February 29, 2016/ Ryan Nichols

Nichols, R. (2006). Metaphilosophy, 37(1), 34–52. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9973.2006.00411.x

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journal-articles, 2006
enlightenment, metaphilosophy, method, history of philosophy
February 29, 2016

Reid’s Inheritance From Locke, and How He Overcomes It (PDF)→

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Nichols, R. (2003). Journal for the History of Philosophy, 41, 471–492. DOI: 10.1353/hph.2003.0062

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journal-articles, 2003
Locke, Reid, qualities, primary, distinction
February 29, 2016

Reid on Fictional Objects and the Way of Ideas (PDF)→

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Nichols, R. (2002). The Philosophical Quarterly, 52(209), 582–601. DOI: 10.1111/1467-9213.00287

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journal-articles, 2002
Meinong, Reid, method, Van Cleve, Way of Ideas
February 29, 2016

Actions, Their Effects and Preventable Evil (PDF)→

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

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journal-articles, 1999
problem of evil, actions, religion, individuation, effects
February 29, 2016

Space, Individuation and the Identity of Indiscernibles: Leibniz's Triumph Over Strawson (PDF)→

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Nichols, R. (1999). Studia Leibnitiana, 31(2), 181–195.

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journal-articles, 1999
Leibniz, indiscernibles, Strawson, thought experiment, logic
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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

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