Some, But Not All, Children Believe in Miracles
Recent findings have shown that young children resemble adults in claiming that events which violate causal laws cannot happen. Indeed, young children are especially conservative. They claim that even highly improbable events, such as finding an alligator under one's bed, cannot happen. Childre...
| Subtitles: | Special Issue: Imagination & Religion |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Equinox Publ.
[2019]
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| In: |
Journal for the cognitive science of religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 5, Issue: 1, Pages: 21-36 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Belief in miracles
/ Child
/ Naturalism (Philosophy)
/ Causality
/ Probability
/ Fiction
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AE Psychology of religion AH Religious education |
| Further subjects: | B
Impossibility
B Miracles B Narrative B Children B Possibility |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (doi) |