TY - JOUR
TI - Religious Cognition as Social Cognition
AU - Van Eyghen, Hans
TI - Religious Cognition as Social Cognition
AB - 
	In this paper, I examine the relationship between social cognition and religious cognition. Many cognitive theories of religion claim that these two forms are somehow related, but the details are usually left unexplored and insights from theories of social cognition are not taken on board. I discuss the three main (groups of) theories of social cognition, namely the theory-theory, the simulation theory and enactivist theories. Secondly, I explore how these theories can help to enrich a number of cognitive theories of religion. The theories I discuss are Stewart Guthrie’s anthropomorphism, Justin Barrett’s hyperactive agency detection device, Jesse Bering’s existential theory of mind, Pascal Boyer’s minds with full strategic access and Tanya Luhrmann’s porous theory of mind. Finally, I look at how enrichment with insights from social cognition can help to combine different existing theories of religious cognition into a unified framework.
VL - 2015
IS - Tom 48, Numer 4
PY - 2015
SN - 0137-2432
C1 - 2084-4077
SP - 301
EP - 312
DO - 10.4467/20844077SR.15.022.4761
UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/studia-religiologica/artykul/religious-cognition-as-social-cognition
KW - cognitive science of religion
KW - social cognition
KW - theory theory
KW - simulation theory
KW - enactivism ; religioznawstwo kognitywne
KW - poznanie społeczne
KW - teoria teorii
KW - teoria symulacji
KW - enaktywizm