Theory of Mind, Religiosity, and Autistic Spectrum Disorder: a Review of Empirical Evidence Bearing on Three Hypotheses

The cognitive science of religions' By-Product Theory contends that much religious thought and behavior can be explained in terms of the cultural activation of maturationally natural cognitive systems. Those systems address fundamental problems of human survival, encompassing such capacities as...

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Authors: McCauley, Robert N. 1952- (Author) ; Graham, George 1945- (Author) ; Reid, A. C. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2019]
In: Journal of cognition and culture
Year: 2019, Volume: 19, Issue: 5, Pages: 411-431
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Kognitive Religionswissenschaft / Autism / Religiosity
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
AE Psychology of religion
Further subjects:B content bias
B By-Product Theory
B Autistic Spectrum Disorder
B mind-blind atheism
B Theory of mind
B Religiosity
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