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Two paradigms for religious representation: The physicist and the playground (a reply to Levy).

Neil Van Leeuwen1.   

Abstract

In an earlier issue, I argue (2014) that psychology and epistemology should distinguish religious credence from factual belief. These are distinct cognitive attitudes. Levy (2017) rejects this distinction, arguing that both religious and factual "beliefs" are subject to "shifting" on the basis of fluency and "intuitiveness." Levy's theory, however, (1) is out of keeping with much research in cognitive science of religion and (2) misrepresents the notion of factual belief employed in my theory. So his claims don't undermine my distinction. I conclude by suggesting some approaches to empirically testing our views.
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Keywords:  Cognitive attitudes; Disfluency; Factual belief; Intuitive processing; Make-believe; Prosociality; Religious credence

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Year:  2017        PMID: 28431680     DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2017.03.021

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Cognition        ISSN: 0010-0277


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1.  Two Concepts of Belief Strength: Epistemic Confidence and Identity Centrality.

Authors:  Neil Van Leeuwen
Journal:  Front Psychol       Date:  2022-06-29
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