The Geography of Thought-Ch.2

This chapter also took me time because there were many parts where I had to re-read to understand what it meant. What this chapter said in total was simular to what was written in the previous chapter.

There were lots of words that were hard to understand even by using the dictionary. For example, the phrase "homeostatic socio-cognitive systems" on page 32 seemed like a really difficult topic, and I didn't know what it meant even in Japanese. I wondered if this was a good headline. There should have been a way to make it more interesting, more catchy and more detailed.

In this chapter, Nisbett shows the difference between Greece and China in terms of cognition. He uses two schematic model in his writing which shows that there is difference even in the way of understanding a chart. Now when I read this, I felt weird because the person who said that the right chart makes more sence was merely one of the author's student. That does not prove that all Asians prefer the right chart.


I think I'm becoming more critical than usual because I am soo sleepy..
Anyway, I finally finishied reading chapter 2:)