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Publikováno v:
Mind & Language. 38:20-41
People often think of objects teleologically. For instance, we might understand a hammer in terms of its purpose of driving in nails. But how should we understand teleological thinking in the first place? This paper separates mere teleology (simply a
Autor:
Sehrang Joo, Sami Ryan Yousif
Publikováno v:
Cognitive scienceReferences. 46(11)
People may conceptualize certain categories as held together by a category-specific ‘essence’—some un- observable, critical feature that causes the external features of a category to emerge. Yet there remains an open question about what compris
Publikováno v:
Cognitive Science. 46
Adults and children 'promiscuously' endorse teleological answers to 'why' questions-a tendency linked to arguments that humans are intuitively theistic and naturally unscientific. But how do people arrive at an endorsement of a teleological answer? H
No privileged link between intentionality and causation: Generalizable effects of agency in language
Publikováno v:
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, vol 44, iss 44
Consider a causal claim like “Tom caused the train delay.” Previous research has shown that the extent to which Tom is seen to act intentionally (i.e., through his own agency) affects the extent to which people agree with this claim. But is this
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Parallel research programs across decades have developed contrasting accounts of people’s explanation preferences. One perspective emphasizes adults’ and children’s preferences for teleological explanations (i.e., explanations referring to some
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Adults and children ‘promiscuously’ endorse teleological answers to ‘why’ questions, a tendency linked to arguments that humans are natively theistic and intuitively unscientific. But what are people doing when they endorse a teleological ans
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https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/ma8b2