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Teleology and the intentions of supernatural agents.

open access: yesConsciousness and Cognition, 2020
Teleological beliefs about the natural world often exist implicitly, and there is a positive relationship between teleological endorsement and belief in supernatural agents. In the current study, participants judged a series of scientifically unwarranted
A. Roberts, C. Wastell, V. Polito
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Concept of Miracle in Religious Discourse (Semantic Features of Russian and Chinese Cultures in the Perspective of Intercultural Communication)

open access: yesКонцепт: философия, религия, культура, 2023
The relevance of studying the processes of religious consciousness comes from the importance to ensure more coordinated interaction of scientific communities in intercultural communication.
E. I. Arinin, M. S. Lyutaeva, Kun Liu
doaj   +1 more source

Mental representations of the supernatural: A cluster analysis of religiosity, spirituality and paranormal belief [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The aim of the study was to establish a new typology of belief in the supernatural; categorising people, based on their levels of religiosity, spirituality and paranormal belief. Examining how the various beliefs are defined was a further objective.
Sheffield, David   +3 more
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Moralistic gods, supernatural punishment and the expansion of human sociality

open access: yesNature, 2016
Since the origins of agriculture, the scale of human cooperation and societal complexity has dramatically expanded. This fact challenges standard evolutionary explanations of prosociality because well-studied mechanisms of cooperation based on genetic ...
B. Purzycki   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Supernatural and Secular Power in Early Modern England

open access: yes, 2015
For the people of early modern England, the dividing line between the natural and supernatural worlds was both negotiable and porous - particularly when it came to issues of authority.
Harmes, Marcus, Bladen, Victoria
core   +1 more source

Clinical Spectrum and Outcomes of SOX1 Antibody‐Associated Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes: A Chinese Cohort Study

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background SOX1 antibody‐positive paraneoplastic neurological syndromes (PNS) exhibit significant population‐specific clinical heterogeneity. While Western cohorts predominantly manifest Lambert‐Eaton myasthenic syndrome (65%–80%), comprehensive clinical characterization and treatment response data in Asian populations remain critically ...
Jin‐Long Ye   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Selective Inhibition of Integrin β3 Topology Provides a Safer Antithrombotic Strategy

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Current integrin αIIbβ3 inhibitors effectively reduce thrombosis but also increase bleeding risk. During thrombosis, high shear blood flow can directly activate the integrin αIIbβ3 via a distinct topological change in the β3 transmembrane domain, independent of hemostatic platelet signaling.
Joonha Lee   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

How �religious� is religion and how �natural� is naturalness? On the question of the naturalness of religion

open access: yesVerbum et Ecclesia, 2010
The problem addressed in this article is twofold: firstly, how can a question be posed (on the naturalness of religion) consisting of two concepts (naturalness and religion) that are both somewhat vague and secondly, what are the implications of the ...
Dani�l P. Veldsman
doaj   +1 more source

Post-Supernatural Cultures: There and Back Again

open access: yes, 2020
The abandonment of supernatural religious beliefs and rituals seems to occur quite easily in some contexts, but post-supernaturalist cultures require a specific set of conditions that are difficult to produce and sustain on a large scale and thus are ...
W. Wildman   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

William Carleton, Folklore, the Famine, and the Irish Supernatural [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This article examines the significance of the supernatural in the works of the nineteenth-century Irish author William Carleton, and in particular the ways in which his grounding in folklore and his reflection of the Great Famine are important in his ...
Fegan, Melissa
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