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Aug 10, 2023 · Focus on the Social World for the Supernatural The alternative, sociological argument predicts that supernatural explanations should focus more on the social world, rather than the natural one.
Apr 3, 2023 · Humans use supernatural beliefs as tools for explanation. These explanations are more likely to focus on natural phenomena than social phenomena, according to this quantitative analysis of ...
Apr 3, 2023 · The central finding is that supernatural explanations were more common for natural phenomena than social ones. Seeing the natural world through a supernatural lens was incredibly prevalent: 96% of ...
However, evolutionary and psychological theories of religion raise competing hypotheses about whether supernatural explanations should more commonly focus on natural or social phenomena. Here we test these hypotheses with a global analysis of supernatural explanations in 109 geographically and culturally diverse societies.
Supernatural explanations were more prevalent for natural phenom-ena compared with social phenomena. We found 96% of societies in our sample had common supernatural explanations for disease, 92% ...
Apr 3, 2023 · We found societies develop more supernatural explanations for social phenomena as they get bigger and more complex. More populous societies with currency and land transport were more likely to ...
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However, evolutionary and psychological theories of religion raise competing hypotheses about whether supernatural explanations should more commonly focus on natural or social phenomena. Here we test these hypotheses with a global analysis of supernatural explanations in 109 geographically and culturally diverse societies.
