LANG, Martin and Radek KUNDT. Can predictive coding explain past experiences? London: Routledge, 2017, 3 pp. Religion, Brain & Behavior, roč. 7, č. 1, s. 71-73. ISSN 2153-599X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2016.1150332.
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Original name Can predictive coding explain past experiences?
Authors LANG, Martin (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Radek KUNDT (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
Edition London, 3 pp. Religion, Brain & Behavior, roč. 7, č. 1, s. 71-73, 2017.
Publisher Routledge
Other information
Original language English
Type of outcome Survey and educational texts
Field of Study 60304 Religious studies
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
WWW URL
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14210/17:00095850
Organization unit Faculty of Arts
ISSN 2153-599X
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2016.1150332
UT WoS 000394455000009
Keywords in English religious experience; hierarchical predictive coding; cognitive science of religion
Tags rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Michal Petr, učo 65024. Changed: 18/11/2021 12:42.
Abstract
In their target article, Taves and Asprem suggest disassembling religious experiences into events, and studying the formation and interpretation of religious experiences using the approach of cognitive science. We support such an approach and especially embrace using experimental methods to better understand how religious experiences can be generated. However, we are concerned with the feasibility of using first-person narratives to reconstruct “originatory events.” The study of unusual experiences has not been prominent in the cognitive science of religion (CSR), as the authors note, because of “the difficulties inherent in the use of first-person narratives.” Although Taves and Asprem try to address some of these difficulties (e.g., bias in recollecting past events), there is a host of remaining issues that might significantly impede the attempt to rehabilitate the first-person accounts as a prime data source for CSR. We identify and outline three crucial problems and suggest that clarifying these issues might advance the approach proposed by Taves and Asprem.
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EE2.3.20.0048, research and development projectName: Laboratoř pro experimentální výzkum náboženství
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