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Pascal boyer 1994. " --Book Jacket Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-357) and index What is the origin? -- What supernatural concepts are like -- The kind of mind it takes -- Why gods and spirits? -- Why do gods and spirits matter?. ), Mapping the Mind: Do-main Specificity in Culture and Cognition, New York: Cambridge University Press. Abstract (from the jacket) The main theme of Pascal Boyer's work is that important aspects of religious representations are constrained by universal properties of the human mind-brain. 06 psychology of religion, 73. Behind its theoretical and scientific ambition, Pascal Boyer's work mobilizes several ideas and notions (starting with that of "religion") that belong to the old Western cultural tradition. by Pascal Boyer Review by: Don Gardner Source: The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol Mar 17, 2021 · Now, says Pascal Boyer, they do, provided by theories and research in evolutionary biology and cognitive psychology. Pascal Robert Boyer is a Franco-American cognitive anthropologist and evolutionary psychologist, mostly known for his work in the cognitive science of religion. Experimental results from developmental psychology, he says, can explain why certain religious representations are more likely to be acquired, stored, and transmitted by human minds. 57-89. Cognitive Constraints on Cultural Representations: Natural Ontolo-gies and Religious Ideas, in L. There is growing evidence that human minds are predisposed to acquire certain types of mental representations. Whitehouse (Ed. 2001 Cultural Inheritance Tracks and Cognitive Predispositions: The Example of Religious Concepts, in H. The transmission of religious representations, as Boyer points out, does not occur in a cognitive vacuum. It is precisely this ideological substratum and its indispensable cognitive "crutches" that this article seeks to identify. The main theme of Pascal Boyer's work is that important aspects of religious representations are constrained by universal properties of the human mind-brain. ‪Washington University in St. Why do people have religious ideas? And why thosereligiousideas? The main theme of Pascal Boyer's work is that importantaspects of religious representation 1994 The Naturalness of Religious Ideas. Mar 13, 2021 · by Boyer, Pascal Publication date 1994 Topics Religion, Cognitive psychology, Cognitive science, 11. Experimental results from developmental psychology, he says, can explain why certain religious representations are more likely to be acquired, stored, and transmitted by In other papers, I have shown how this type of description allows us to understand the particular conceptual structures built upon religious ontologies (Boyer 1993), their link with special social categories (Boyer 1994: 155-184), or the way they are used in causal understandings of particular occurrences (Boyer 1992; 1995). 55 religion: general (ethnology), Godsdienst, Cognitieve psychologie, Religiao, Psicologia cognitiva, Psychologie cognitive, Sciences cognitives, Religion Psychology Publisher Berkeley : University of California Dec 22, 2023 · Why do people have religious ideas? And why thosereligious ideas? The main theme of Pascal Boyer's work is that important aspects of religious representations are constrained by universal properties of the human mind-brain. A Cognitive Theory of Religion, Berkeley-Los Angeles: University of California Press. Hirschfeld & S. ), The Debated Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and Ethnography, Oxford: Berg, pp. Louis‬ - ‪‪Cited by 22,949‬‬ - ‪Evolutionary psychology‬ - ‪Cultural anthropology‬ - ‪Cultural evolution‬ Jun 1, 1995 · Review Reviewed Work (s): The Naturalness of Religious Ideas: A Cognitive Theory of Religion. Boyer P (1994). Gelman (Eds. In particular Feb 3, 1994 · The main theme of Pascal Boyer's work is that important aspects of religious representations are constrained by universal properties of the human mind-brain. mo9 oqapd kspf 5nn 9txi 2bv8 9ei8f tqrw hi3d bywgo