عنوان

The Cognitive Foundations of Reincarnation

شماره

LA121528

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

The Cognitive Foundations of Reincarnation

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Claire White

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

Anthropological records and psychological studies demonstrate the recurrence of ideas about how to determine the identity of reincarnated persons. These ideas are often incoherent with corresponding theological dogma about the process of reincarnation. Specifically, even though reincarnation is represented as a process of change, people often seek out and interpret particular similarities between the deceased and reincarnated agent as evidence that the two are one and the same person. This paper argues that panhuman cognitive tendencies explain, in part, the spread and recurrence of ideas about what provides evidence of reincarnation: specifically, representations of reincarnated agents are informed and constrained by everyday cognitive intuitions that govern representations of continued identity for intentional agents generally. The paper concludes that these constraints go some way towards explaining the recurrent features of reincarnation concepts and behaviors cross-culturally. Anthropological records and psychological studies demonstrate the recurrence of ideas about how to determine the identity of reincarnated persons. These ideas are often incoherent with corresponding theological dogma about the process of reincarnation. Specifically, even though reincarnation is represented as a process of change, people often seek out and interpret particular similarities between the deceased and reincarnated agent as evidence that the two are one and the same person. This paper argues that panhuman cognitive tendencies explain, in part, the spread and recurrence of ideas about what provides evidence of reincarnation: specifically, representations of reincarnated agents are informed and constrained by everyday cognitive intuitions that govern representations of continued identity for intentional agents generally. The paper concludes that these constraints go some way towards explaining the recurrent features of reincarnation concepts and behaviors cross-culturally.

تاريخ نشر

2016

توصيف ظاهري

264-286

عنوان

Method & Theory in the Study of Religion

شماره جلد

28/3

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1570-0682

اصطلاح موضوعی

cognitive science of religion

اصطلاح موضوعی

personal identity

اصطلاح موضوعی

reincarnation

اصطلاح موضوعی

theological incorrectness

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Claire White

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/15700682-12341381

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y