The Unfulfilled Promise of Cross-Cultural, Interdisciplinary Ancient History

Authors

  • Ryan Nichols California State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jch.39458

Keywords:

Ancient China, G.E.R. Lloyd, Ancient Greece, Interdisciplinary Research, Psychology

Abstract

This commentary focuses on G.E.R. Lloyd’s latest work, Ambivalences of Rationality (2018). The book is summarized chapter by chapter. Criticisms are presented with special attention to Lloyd’s unusual wealth of research from developmental psychology, cross-cultural psychology, anthropology, experimental linguistics and cognitive science. The commentary concludes that Lloyd has done a disservice to cited researchers in the mind sciences who investigate cross-cultural differences.

Author Biography

  • Ryan Nichols, California State University

    Ryan Nichols is a professor of philosophy at California State Fullerton. Ryan’s interdisciplinary research is now focused on questions about the origins and maintenance of Chinese culture. In this area he writes about interactions between the physical ecology, culture, social psychology, emotion and cognition.

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Published

2021-11-26

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How to Cite

Nichols, R. . (2021). The Unfulfilled Promise of Cross-Cultural, Interdisciplinary Ancient History. Journal of Cognitive Historiography, 6(1-2), 180–190. https://doi.org/10.1558/jch.39458