Ch.7

I found just now that I forgot making a blog post about ch.6. I'll make it later.

This chapter shows that the Greeks ignore plausibility and think logically while the Chinese set aside logic, have sense of holism and dialectical, are influenced by plausibility, and show desirability.

I can understand the statement above and I agree that Western and Asian people have such tendencies. Yet I don't think Asian people are less logical than Western. The author argues against the claim the Asian are more logical because Asian students are better in math, but it's not persuasible. Asian students tend to work harder, maybe or maybe not. You can't generalize the fact. Some students are lazy, others not in every country. Second, teachers techniques. I don't think the gap of teaching skill made such a difference. If so, he need more sufficient evidence.
Additionally, I thought the ancient Chinese were actually very logical when I read about Taoism. Taoism shows that changes make contradiction, contradiction cause changes, and that's the way things are. The concept 'bad' arises because we percieve something as beauty. That is a very logical theory, isn't it? I deny that Asian people are less logical. We are logical.
In conclusion, I cannot be satisfied with this chapter's statement.