Feng Shui

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses religion in Chinese culture and the way that superstition has, in fact, taken the place of religion. The paper discusses the significance of superstition, known as feng shui, in daily life in China. Specifically, the paper focuses on the validity of the Chinese superstition of feng shui in the decision making process used by businessmen in China.

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Introduction
Analysis
Conclusion

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"All of these forms of rationality have in common the association between reason and beliefs (superstition) or actions. But the first group of deliberative types of rationality emphasizes having reasons; the second group, of communicative types of rationality, focuses on giving reasons for actions. Obviously these are related: One of the points of having reasons for actions is to be able to justify them, and an agent cannot give reasons for beliefs or actions without having them."

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