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Edward Slingerland

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Philosophy, Religion, Nonfiction

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I'm Distinguished University Scholar and Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia. I work in a lot of academic areas, including early Chinese thought, comparative religion, cognitive science of religion, virtue ethics, cognitive linguistics and science-humanities integration.

My first trade book, Trying Not to Try, was published by Crown/Random House in March 2014. My new book, Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization, is forthcoming from Little, Brown Spark on June 1, 2021. I have also published many academic books, translations, articles and book chapters.

For information about my books, articles, teaching and research, please see my personal website: edwardslingerland.com ...more

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	Confucius: Analects: With Selections from Traditional Commentaries (Hackett Classics Series) by Confucius, Edward Slingerland (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.80 avg rating — 23,968 ratings — published -475 — 70 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization 3.81 avg rating — 3,153 ratings — published 2021 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity 3.74 avg rating — 1,568 ratings — published 2014 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Way of Nature by Zhuangzi, Tsai Chih-Chung (Illustrations), C.C. Tsai (Illustrations) 4.60 avg rating — 102 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Effortless Action: Wu-wei As Conceptual Metaphor and Spiritual Ideal in Early China 4.37 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2003 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Science Offers the Humanities: Integrating Body and Culture 4.09 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Creating Consilience: Integrating the Sciences and the Humanities by Edward Slingerland (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mark Collard (Editor) 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mind and Body in Early China: Beyond Orientalism and the Myth of Holism 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	[Neuroscience and Religion: Brain, Mind, Self, and Soul: Brain, Mind, Self, and Soul] [Author: x] [August, 2009] by Edward Slingerland (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Neuroscience and Religion: Brain, Mind, Self, and Soul by Unknown(2009-08-16) by Edward Slingerland (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Thinking that you are good can make you bad. Talking about positive behavior can encourage negative behavior. Laozi is clearly on to something when he warns us that consciously trying to be righteous will, in fact, turn us into insufferable hypocrites and that anyone striving to attain virtue is destined to fail.”
― Edward Slingerland, Trying Not to Try: The Ancient Art of Effortlessness and the Surprising Power of Spontaneity

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“Let alone, without the help of or hot cognition, cold cognition is simply paralyzed by choice.”
― Edward Slingerland, Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity

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“The conscious mind, ungrounded by the wisdom of the body, is remarkably incapable of taking care of business.”
― Edward Slingerland, Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity

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