Reasoning about nature’s agency and design in the cultural context of China

Research has found that non-religious adults have an automatic tendency to construe natural phenomena as intentionally created. Related work has focused on whether Western and non-Western adults spontaneously assign functions to natural phenomena but, to date, no studies have explored whether an ass...

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Authors: Järnefelt, Elisa (Author) ; Canfield, Caitlin F. (Author) ; Chen, Marian (Author) ; Kelemen, Deborah (Author) ; Zhu, Liqi (Author)
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Published: Routledge [2019]
In: Religion, brain & behavior
Year: 2019, Volume: 9, Issue: 2, Pages: 156-178
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B China / Cultural system / Atheism / Natural phenomenon / Agency (Law)
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
AE Psychology of religion
AG Religious life; material religion
KBM Asia
Further subjects:B Design
B Nature
B Agency
B dual process
B China
B Intention
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