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Westerners tend to attribute events to causes internal to the object or person whereas Asians are more likely than Westerners to attribute causality to the context or situation [1,2]. Westerners are more likely
to use categorization and rules in reasoning about everyday life events whereas East Asians are more likely
to emphasize relationships and similarities [3]. Richard E. Nisbett and Yuri Miyamoto. The influence of culture: holistic versus analytic perception. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. Vol.9 No.10 October 2005

Интересно было бы посмотреть разницу в восприятии истории европейцами и азиатами. В хайку, оригиналах и переводах, тоже что-то должно просочиться.

Is there an Oriental equivalent of Platonism?