Intentional systems theory as a conceptual framework for religious studies: a scientific method for studying beliefs
Intentional systems theory and the empirical study of religion -- Intentional systems and common sense -- Intentional systems in the works of Durkheim, Malinowski and Evans-Pritchard -- Amazonian folk religion -- Theory of intentional systems -- Systems thinking -- Composition of intentional systems...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lewiston, N.Y
Edwin Mellen Press
c2010
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| In: | Year: 2010 |
| Further subjects: | B
Philosophy & Religion
B Intentionality (Philosophy) B Religion Methodology B Religion B Electronic books B System Theory B Religion ; Methodology B PHILOSOPHY ; Religious B Religion - General |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9780773414129 |
| Summary: | Intentional systems theory and the empirical study of religion -- Intentional systems and common sense -- Intentional systems in the works of Durkheim, Malinowski and Evans-Pritchard -- Amazonian folk religion -- Theory of intentional systems -- Systems thinking -- Composition of intentional systems -- Structure of intentional systems -- Belief as a theoretical and functional entity -- Religious intentional systems -- Religious contents and their dynamics -- Hallmark of religious contents -- Gods in flabbergast, a constructed religion -- Cultural models as systems of contents -- Dynamics of contents : tradition ecology -- Tradition ecology and illness models -- Rationality as systemic property -- Rationality as a precondition of ethnographic descriptions -- Rationality as an explanatory principle -- Rationality and religious games -- Rationality and critical study of religion -- Navigating in the world of uncertainty -- Possible worlds -- Cultural models of time -- Playing against Yashingo -- Playing against technological risks -- Playing against market forces -- Playing against superior beings in archaic and modern societies -- Imposing the features of religions into other cultural systems -- Concepts of boundary and sacred -- Intentional systems and boundaries -- Foundations and uses of boundaries -- Sacred as a boundary that involves supernatural entities. This book investigates the philosophical assumptions in religious studies, especially in ethnography of religion. The central claim is that religious studies treats its study object as an intentional system. This system?s behaviour can be described, explained and predicted on the basis of its internal representations |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record |
| ISBN: | 077341665X |