Religious Experiences Are Interpreted through Priors from
Cultural Frameworks Supported by Imaginative Capacity Rather
Than Special Cognition

j 2021

Religious Experiences Are Interpreted through Priors from Cultural Frameworks Supported by Imaginative Capacity Rather Than Special Cognition

VAN MULUKOM, Valerie a Martin LANG

Základní údaje

Originální název

Religious Experiences Are Interpreted through Priors from Cultural Frameworks Supported by Imaginative Capacity Rather Than Special Cognition

Autoři

VAN MULUKOM, Valerie (528 Nizozemské království) a Martin LANG (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí)

Vydání

JOURNAL FOR THE COGNITIVE SCIENCE OF RELIGION, 2021, 2049-7555

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku (nerecenzovaný)

Obor

60304 Religious studies

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14210/21:00122098

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1558/jcsr.19803

UT WoS

000688436100006

Klíčová slova anglicky

religion; evolution; cultural evolution; imagination; psychopathology

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam

Změněno: 9. 2. 2024 17:59, Mgr. Ivona Vrzalová

Anotace

V originále

In this commentary of McCauley and Graham’s book on mental abnormalities and religions, we identify a number of challenges, and present possible extensions of their proposed research. Specifically, we argue that no specialized religious cognition should be assumed, and instead suggest that the cases of mental abnormalities discussed in the book specify particular instances of religious content, and that other disorders may show a more causal relationship to religiosity. We argue that the discussed religious content may be best explained in the context of cultural frameworks and their contribution to experiencing the world through priors and predictive processing. Moreover, cognition required to understand and engage with religion, but not special to it, might crucially involve our capacity for imagination, supported by memory. Disorders in imagination are therefore expected to show likewise dysfunctions in religious phenomena.

Návaznosti

EE2.3.20.0048, projekt VaV

Název: Laboratoř pro experimentální výzkum náboženství

Citovat

VAN MULUKOM, Valerie a Martin LANG. Religious Experiences Are Interpreted through Priors from Cultural Frameworks Supported by Imaginative Capacity Rather Than Special Cognition. JOURNAL FOR THE COGNITIVE SCIENCE OF RELIGION. 2021, roč. 7, č. 1, s. 39-53. ISSN 2049-7555. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1558/jcsr.19803.

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VAN MULUKOM, Valerie a Martin LANG. Religious Experiences Are Interpreted through Priors from Cultural Frameworks Supported by Imaginative Capacity Rather Than Special Cognition. \textit{JOURNAL FOR THE COGNITIVE SCIENCE OF RELIGION}. 2021, roč.~7, č.~1, s.~39-53. ISSN~2049-7555. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1558/jcsr.19803.

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