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Supernatural Belief in ‘Scientific’ Worldviews?




TekijätHaimila Roosa, Metsähinen Hanne, Sevalnev Mark

KustantajaBrill Academic Publishers

Julkaisuvuosi2024

JournalJournal of Cognition and Culture

Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimiJournal of Cognition and Culture

Vuosikerta24

Numero1-2

Aloitussivu1

Lopetussivu34

ISSN1567-7095

eISSN1568-5373

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1163/15685373-12340181

Verkko-osoitehttps://doi.org/10.1163/15685373-12340181

Rinnakkaistallenteen osoitehttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/393542599


Tiivistelmä
A ‘scientific worldview’ is commonly seen as contradictory to belief in supernatural forces, and there is little research on the supernatural beliefs of individuals who identify with science. In this article, we investigate the supernatural explanations of science-oriented individuals in domains of fundamental concern (suffering, death, and origins), and how supernatural causality is reconciled with belief in science. The open-ended responses of 387 Finns were analysed. The results show that science-oriented Finns endorsed both religion-related and more secular supernatural beliefs (such as belief in evolution as a purposeful process). Following the coexistence model, science-oriented Finns applied synthetic and target-dependent reasoning. In addition, many who invoked supernatural explanations integrated supernatural causality with science. Two forms of integrated reasoning were found: 1) supernatural agency as the ultimate cause and scientific theory as the proximate cause, and 2) a similarity-based heuristic, as seen in afterlife beliefs appealing to the law of conservation of energy.

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