Explaining Vampirism: Two Divergent Attractors of Dead Human Concepts

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Výsledek na webu

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685373-12342151" target="_blank" >10.1163/15685373-12342151</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Explaining Vampirism: Two Divergent Attractors of Dead Human Concepts

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This paper explores the cognitive foundations of vampirism beliefs. The occurrence of beliefs of the dead rising from graves and returning to harm the living across many cultures indicates that this concept has features that make it successful in the process of cultural transmission. Comparing ghost- and vampire-like beliefs, it is argued that bodiless agents and animated but dead bodies represent two divergent cognitive attractors concerning concepts of dead humans. The inferential potential of the classic idea of a bodiless ghost is based on intuitions produced by the mental system of Theory of Mind, while the traditional concepts of a vampire attribute to the dead only minimal intentionality. The inferential potential of a vampire is based on the system of disease avoidance and the emotion of disgust related to the dead body.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Explaining Vampirism: Two Divergent Attractors of Dead Human Concepts

Popis výsledku anglicky

This paper explores the cognitive foundations of vampirism beliefs. The occurrence of beliefs of the dead rising from graves and returning to harm the living across many cultures indicates that this concept has features that make it successful in the process of cultural transmission. Comparing ghost- and vampire-like beliefs, it is argued that bodiless agents and animated but dead bodies represent two divergent cognitive attractors concerning concepts of dead humans. The inferential potential of the classic idea of a bodiless ghost is based on intuitions produced by the mental system of Theory of Mind, while the traditional concepts of a vampire attribute to the dead only minimal intentionality. The inferential potential of a vampire is based on the system of disease avoidance and the emotion of disgust related to the dead body.

Druh

J_x - Nezařazeno - Článek v odborném periodiku (Jimp, Jsc a Jost)

CEP obor

AA - Filosofie a náboženství

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/EE2.3.20.0048" target="_blank" >EE2.3.20.0048: Laboratoř pro experimentální výzkum náboženství</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2015

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Journal of Cognition and Culture

ISSN

1567-7095

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

15

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

3-4

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

14

Strana od-do

285-298

Kód UT WoS článku

000360372200003

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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