From Communal Meals to Religion: Networking Social and
Cognitive in Agent-based Simulation

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From Communal Meals to Religion: Networking Social and Cognitive in Agent-based Simulation

HAMPEJS, Tomáš a Vojtěch KAŠE

Základní údaje

Originální název

From Communal Meals to Religion: Networking Social and Cognitive in Agent-based Simulation

Autoři

HAMPEJS, Tomáš (203 Česká republika, domácí) a Vojtěch KAŠE (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí)

Vydání

EASR Conference 2016 Helsinki,"Relocating Religion", 28 June - 1 July 2016, 2016

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Prezentace na konferencích

Obor

60300 6.3 Philosophy, Ethics and Religion

Stát vydavatele

Finsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14210/16:00091525

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

agent based modelling; ritual transmission modelling; ritual cognition; social function of ritual; early Christianity; generative historiography

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam

Změněno: 27. 3. 2017 10:53, Mgr. Vendula Hromádková

Anotace

V originále

Scientific study of religion is characterized by various analytic reductions, usually focusing either on social or psychological dimension of the phenomenon. To avoid this bias, we are adopting the method of agent-based modelling of generative social science and consider religion as an emergent macro-phenomenon, being a product of dynamical interactions of micro-constitutions (beliefs, practices, artefacts and human agents). In other words, we treat religion as an instance of configuration of aspects from both psychological and social dimension in particular social situation. To demonstrate fruitfulness of this approach, we introduce a computational simulation of early Christian meals. Because a set of beliefs or an exclusive adherence to a group alone are inadequate indicators of religion in antiquity, the situational setting of communal meals appears to be a promising point of departure. Instead of just summing up the effect of these aspects, simulation method enables to study their constitutive interplay over time. Since it seems that the main challenge for the project of explaining religion lies in finding appropriate relationship between its social and psychological dimension, we conclude with possibilities of their analytical separation or integration and use our model to demonstrate advantages of different strategies.

Návaznosti

MUNI/M/1867/2014, interní kód MU

Název: Generativní historiografie antického Středomoří: Modelování a simulace dynamiky šíření náboženských představ a forem chování (Akronym: GEHIR)

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Generativní historiografie antického Středomoří: Modelování a simulace dynamiky šíření náboženských představ a forem chování, INTERDISCIPLINARY - Mezioborové výzkumné projekty

Citovat

HAMPEJS, Tomáš a Vojtěch KAŠE. From Communal Meals to Religion: Networking Social and Cognitive in Agent-based Simulation. In EASR Conference 2016 Helsinki,"Relocating Religion", 28 June - 1 July 2016. 2016.

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HAMPEJS, Tomáš a Vojtěch KAŠE. From Communal Meals to Religion: Networking Social and Cognitive in Agent-based Simulation. In \textit{EASR Conference 2016 Helsinki,''Relocating Religion'', 28 June - 1 July 2016}. 2016.

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