The Illusion of Agency as a Mark of Ultimacy

This essay proposes that action unaccompanied by the usual feeling of conscious agency constitutes a "mark of ultimacy." Characteristically religious statements of "agentless action" find support in social psychological and cognitive scientific research that calls into question t...

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Main Author: Nicholson, Hugh (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter 2018
In: Open theology
Year: 2018, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: 386-394
Further subjects:B Free Will
B Meister Eckhart
B limitexperience
B Ramana Maharshi
B Wegner
B Luther
B New Atheism
B Erasmus
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