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Reasoning about dead agents: A cross-cultural perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 December 2006

Harvey Whitehouse
Harvey Whitehouse*
Affiliation:
School of Anthropology, University of Oxford, OxfordOX2 6PE, United Kingdomhttp://www.isca.ox.ac.uk/
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Abstract:

Jesse Bering's theory of the “folk psychology of souls” is brilliantly elucidated and warrants further empirical investigation. While additional experimental research is certainly required, we also need to interrogate the evidence on reasoning about dead agents in a wide range of real-world settings.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 29 , Issue 5 , October 2006 , pp. 485 - 486
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006

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