Abstract
In their "The Prevalence of Mind-Body Dualism in Early China," Slingerland and Chudek use a statistical analysis of the early Chinese corpus to argue for Weak Folk Dualism (WFD). We raise three methodological objections to their analysis. First, the change over time that they find is largely driven by genre. Second, the operationalization of WFD is potentially misleading. And, third, dating the texts they use is extremely controversial. We conclude with some positive remarks.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 179-182 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Cognitive Science |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - Mar 2012 |
| Externally published | Yes |