TY - JOUR
TI - Representation, Enaction, Religion. Different Models of Cognition and Their Implications for the Cognitive Study of Religions
AU - Ciołkosz, Matylda
TI - Representation, Enaction, Religion. Different Models of Cognition and Their Implications for the Cognitive Study of Religions
AB - 
	The aim of the paper is to consider the implications of applying the enactive approach to cognition within the study of religions. This approach is discussed as an alternative to the classical, cognitivist stance predominant among the proponents of cognitive science of religion (CSR). The most popular model within CSR is that of cognition as manipulation of concepts. The key assumptions of this model limit the understanding of religion to a system of beliefs. Applying an alternative model – of cognition as enaction – may contribute to creating a more comprehensive model of religion, taking into consideration its pre-conceptual origins. Using the category of representation as the departure point, the author juxtaposes the cognitivist and the enactive stance, showing how substituting the former with the latter necessarily changes the construal of religious activity and thinking.
VL - 2017
IS - Volume 50 Issue 2
PY - 2017
SN - 0137-2432
C1 - 2084-4077
SP - 131
EP - 143
DO - 10.4467/20844077SR.17.008.7339
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/studia-religiologica/article/representation-enaction-religion-different-models-of-cognition-and-their-implications-for-the-cognitive-study-of-religions
KW - cognitive science of religion
KW - enactivism
KW - embodied cognition
KW - representationism
KW - ritual
KW - religions of India