TY - CHAP
T1 - Dualism, disembodiment and the divine: supernatural agent representations in the cognitive science of religion
AU - Hodge, K. Mitch
AU - Sousa, Paulo
PY - 2018/10/25
Y1 - 2018/10/25
N2 - The authors argue that contrary to the current trend in the cognitive science of religion (CSR), supernatural agents are not intuitively represented by the folk as disembodied minds as the theory of intuitive dualism suggests. Instead, it is argued that a thesis of social embodiment regarding those representations is wholly compatible with the growing body of empirical evidence. Once researchers stop looking for embodiment in mundane biological processes and focus on social relationships, the signs of embodiment will appear.
AB - The authors argue that contrary to the current trend in the cognitive science of religion (CSR), supernatural agents are not intuitively represented by the folk as disembodied minds as the theory of intuitive dualism suggests. Instead, it is argued that a thesis of social embodiment regarding those representations is wholly compatible with the growing body of empirical evidence. Once researchers stop looking for embodiment in mundane biological processes and focus on social relationships, the signs of embodiment will appear.
U2 - 10.1163/9789004385375_021
DO - 10.1163/9789004385375_021
M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)
SN - 9789004385108
T3 - Supplements to Method & Theory in the Study of Religion
SP - 309
EP - 321
BT - Cognition, evolution, and history in the study of religion: a new synthesis: festschrift in honour of Armin W. Geertz
A2 - Klostergaard Petersen, Anders
A2 - Sælid, Gilhus Ingvild
A2 - Martin, Luther H.
A2 - Jensen, Jeppe Sinding
A2 - Sørensen, Jesper
PB - Brill
ER -