The Soul: A Psychological Enquiry

IF 0.6 Q4 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Journal of Cognition and Culture Pub Date : 2023-11-09 DOI:10.1163/15685373-12340173

Frederic Peters

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Abstract

Abstract Soul beliefs are universal among religious folk but vary tremendously from culture to culture, In fact, in tribal societies without formal religious dogmas, soul beliefs can vary from individual to individual. A review of notions regarding the soul (or souls) amongst tribal and post-tribal societies does evidence, nonetheless, a recurring pattern of focus on the soul envisaged as the vital life energy of the body and/or as encapsulating one of more mental faculties. Not surprisingly, theories as to the psychological basis for soul belief vary as well, but a strong case can be advanced that at its core, soul belief is about the essence of the self, which involves the psychological process of ipseity.

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灵魂:一项心理调查

灵魂信仰在民间宗教中是普遍的，但在不同的文化中差异很大。事实上，在没有正式宗教教条的部落社会中，灵魂信仰可能因人而异。然而，对部落和后部落社会中关于灵魂(或灵魂)的观念的回顾确实证明了一种反复出现的模式，即把灵魂视为身体的重要生命能量和/或将其封装为多种精神能力之一。毫不奇怪，关于灵魂信仰的心理基础的理论也各不相同，但有一个强有力的理由可以提出，灵魂信仰的核心是关于自我的本质，这涉及到冷漠的心理过程。

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Journal of Cognition and Culture PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Cognition and Culture provides an interdisciplinary forum for exploring the mental foundations of culture and the cultural foundations of mental life. The primary focus of the journal is on explanations of cultural phenomena in terms of acquisition, representation and transmission involving cognitive capacities without excluding the study of cultural differences. The journal contains articles, commentaries, reports of experiments, and book reviews that emerge out of the inquiries by, and conversations between, scholars in experimental psychology, developmental psychology, social cognition, neuroscience, human evolution, cognitive science of religion, and cognitive anthropology.