Cognitive constraints on the Hindu concepts of the divine
Concepts of gods, like any other concepts, are informed and constrained by cross-cultural regularities of the human mind-brain. Specifically, divine beings that are represented as intentional agents are subject to the cognitive intuitions that govern all intentional agents. These intuitions may incl...
Main Author: | Barrett, J |
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Other Authors: | Society for the Scientific Study of Religion |
Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Blackwell Publishing
1998
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