Ancestors in the simulation machine : measuring the transmission and oscillation of religiosity in computer modeling
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| Year of publication | 2012 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Religion, Brain & Behavior |
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| Web | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2153599X.2012.703454 |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2012.703454 |
| Field | Philosophy and religion |
| Keywords | simulation; religiosity; modes; oscillation; computer modeling; religious transformation |
| Description | Based upon one mature theory in the Cognitive Science of Religion - the Divergent Modes of Religiosity- this article features a simulation of the oscillation between "doctrinal" and "imagistic" modes found in the Whitehouse's Kivung data set. McCorkle and Lane argue that although the synchronic patterns of DMR are well formed, the simulation needs to be adjusted to express the diachronic collapse of one mode as it approaches each extreme mode, either by tedium effect, or splintering. Furthermore, the authors advance the theory of collapse in the DMR data simulation. |
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