D Jason Slone

Religion and Cognition

A Reader

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A collection of readings on "cognition" in the study of religion -- that is, the mental processes that govern religious belief and behaviour across cultures and eras. The essays in the volume are scientific in nature and universal in scope with introductions by the volume editor.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 263mm x 187mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 861g
• ISBN-13: 9781904768708
• ISBN-10: 1904768709
• Artikelnr.: 22291769

Autorenporträt

D. Jason Slone is an Associate Professor of Cognition and Culture at Tiffin University.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I 1. "The Social Siences" E.O. Wilson 2. "The Epidemiology of Beliefs:
A Naturalistic Approach." D. Sperber 3. "Toward a Topography of Mind: An
Introduction to Domain Specificity" L. Hirschfeld & S. Gelman. 4.
"Interpretation and Explanation: Problems and Promise in the Study of
Religion." E.T. Lawson & R.N. McCauley. 5. "Exploring the Natural
Foundations of Religion." J. Barrett Part II 6. "Anthropomorphism and God
Concepts: Conceptualizing a Non-Natural Entity." J. Barrett & F. Keil. 7.
"Spreading Non-Natural Concepts: The Role of Intuitive Conceptual
Structures in Memory and Transmission in Culture." J. Barrett & M. Nyhoff.
8. "Cognitive Templates for Religious Concepts: Cross-Cultural Evidence for
Recall of Counter-Intuitive Representations." P. Boyer & C. Ramble 9.
"Ritual Intuitions: Cognitive Contributions to Judgments of Ritual
Efficacy." J. Barrett & E.T. Lawson. 10. "Cognitive and Contextual Factors
In the Emergence of Diverse Belief Systems: Creation vs. Evolution." E.M.
Evans. 11. "Are Children Intuitive Theists? Reasoning and Purpose in Design
and Nature." D. Keleman. 12. "Children's Attributes of Beliefs to Humans
and God: Cross-Cultural Evidence." N. Knight, J. Barrett, S. Atran, & P.
Sousa. 13. "The Natural Emergence of Afterlife Reasoning as a Developmental
Regularity." J. Bering & D. Bjorklund.