A computational perspective on faith: religious reasoning and Bayesian decision

Religious reasoning (the processes through which religious beliefs are formed) has been investigated by two different approaches. First, explanation theories portray religious reasoning as arising for explaining salient aspects of reality. Second, motivation theories interpret religious reasoning as...

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Main Author: Rigoli, Francesco (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2021
In: Religion, brain & behavior
Year: 2021, Volume: 11, Issue: 2, Pages: 147-164
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Faith / Justification (Philosophy) / Bayesian statistical decision theory
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AE Psychology of religion
Further subjects:B Motivation
B Decision theory
B Bayesian
B Religion
B computational modeling
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