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SUMMARY:Sinology and Beyond: Discussing the Work of Edward G. Slingerland
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DESCRIPTION:The workshop will be opened by Edward G. Slingerlands talk on 
 "Body and Mind in Early China: Embodied Cognition\, Digital Humanities\, a
 nd the Project of Comparative Philosophy". It is commonly claimed that min
 d-body dualism is entirely foreign to China—or “the East” more gener
 ally. This talk will explore how engaging with the cognitive sciences and 
 digital humanities undermines claims such as this\, and more broadly can h
 elp us to do our work as scholars of comparative philosophy. Embracing an 
 embodied view of human cognition gets us beyond strong social constructivi
 sm and its accompanying cultural essentialism. In addition\, new tools fro
 m the science and digital humanities can\, in combination with traditional
  archaeological and textual evidence\, allow us to more accurately and rig
 orously assess claims about the philosophical and religious historical rec
 ord. Specifically\, Prof Slingerland will focus on novel large-scale textu
 al analysis techniques\, online databases for sharing scholarly knowledge\
 , and work in contemporary evolutionary anthropology and cognitive science
  relevant to the mind-body issue. Prof slingerland will conclude by consid
 ering how early Chinese views of mind-body relations do\, in fact\, differ
  from some modern Western conceptions\, and how taking a more reasonable v
 iew of cultural differences can allow us to genuinely learn from other cul
 tures.\n\nWorkshop programme
LOCATION:CERES-Palais\, Raum "Ruhrpott" (4.13)
URL:https://ceres.rub.de/de/events/beyond-sinology/
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