The Computations Underlying Religious Conversion: A Bayesian Decision Model
Inspired by recent Bayesian interpretations about the psychology underlying religion, the paper introduces a theory proposing that religious conversion is shaped by three factors: (i) novel relevant information, experienced in perceptual or in social form (e.g., following interaction with missionari...
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| Формат: | Электронный ресурс Статья |
| Язык: | Английский |
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2023
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Journal of cognition and culture
Год: 2023, Том: 23, Выпуск: 1/2, Страницы: 241-257 |
| Другие ключевые слова: | B
Utility
B Mysticism B religious reasoning B Bayesian B Religious Conversion B Syncretism |
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| Итог: | Inspired by recent Bayesian interpretations about the psychology underlying religion, the paper introduces a theory proposing that religious conversion is shaped by three factors: (i) novel relevant information, experienced in perceptual or in social form (e.g., following interaction with missionaries); (ii) changes in the utility (e.g., expressed in an opportunity to raise in social rank) associated with accepting a new religious creed; and (iii) prior beliefs, favouring religious faiths that, although new, still remain consistent with entrenched cultural views (resulting in the phenomenon of syncretism). From the theory, a multifactorial picture of conversion emerges. Based on which factor is primarily engaged in each case, a classification of different types of conversion can be derived, with a remarkable fit with empirical literature. The theory offers a description of the processes underlying religious conversion and, highlighting the links among apparently incompatible previous views, it reconciles these views within a unifying framework. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5373 |
| Второстепенные работы: | Enthalten in: Journal of cognition and culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685373-12340161 |
