Analytic atheism:Valuing epistemic rationality strengthens the association between analytic thinking and religious disbelief
| Autor: | Tomas Ståhl, Jan-Willem van Prooijen |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Social Psychology, IBBA, A-LAB |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Value (ethics)
Religiosity media_common.quotation_subject Epistemic rationality Moralized rationality 05 social sciences Religious disbelief 050109 social psychology Rationality Cognition Negative association Analytic atheism 050105 experimental psychology Epistemology Faith Importance of rationality 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Atheism Psychology Association (psychology) General Psychology Analytic cognitive style media_common |
| Zdroj: | Ståhl, T & van Prooijen, J W 2021, ' Analytic atheism : Valuing epistemic rationality strengthens the association between analytic thinking and religious disbelief ', Personality and Individual Differences, vol. 179, 110914, pp. 1-9 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.110914 Personality and Individual Differences, 179:110914, 1-9. Elsevier BV |
| ISSN: | 0191-8869 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.paid.2021.110914 |
| Popis: | Analytic thinking has been put forth as one of the processes through which people may become atheists. According to this view, people who are more (vs. less) analytically inclined should be more likely to reject the existence of deities because they rely less on the various intuitive cognitive processes that support supernatural beliefs. Consistent with this “analytic atheism” hypothesis, studies have found a negative association between analytic thinking and religious belief. In the present article we expand on this literature and argue that analytic thinking should be more strongly associated with religious disbelief when coupled with motivation to be epistemically rational. Consistent with this hypothesis, we show that the association between analytic thinking and weaker religious faith (Study 1), as well as between analytic thinking and disbelief (vs. belief) in God, and related supernatural phenomena (Study 2–3) is stronger among people who ascribe more (vs. less) value to epistemic rationality. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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