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Commitment enforcement also explains shamanism's culturally shared features

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2018

Stefan Linquist
Stefan Linquist*
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada, N1G 2W1. [email protected]
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Abstract

The proposed explanation for the evolution of shamanism is not the only viable option. I sketch an alternative commitment hypothesis that views shamanism as an adaptation at the level of biological individuals or cultural groups. To the extent that these hypotheses make overlapping predictions about the culturally shared features of shamanism, we lack adequate evidence to discriminate among them.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 41 , 2018 , e80
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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