| Description |
xx, 418 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
The makings of the magical mind: the nature and function of sympathetic magical thinking / Carol Nemeroff and Paul Rozin -- Phenomenalistic perception and rational understanding in the mind of an individual: a fight for dominance / Eugene Subbotsky -- Metamorphosis and magic: the development of children's thinking about possible events and plausible mechanisms / Karl S. Rosengren and Anne K. Hickling -- The development of beliefs about direct mental-physical causality in imagination, magic, and religion / Jacqueline D. Woolley -- Intuitive ontology and cultural input in the acquisition of religious concepts / Pascal Boyer and Sheila Walker -- On not falling down to Earth: children's metaphysical questions / Paul L. Harris -- Putting different things together: the development of metaphysical thinking / Carl N. Johnson -- Versions of personal storytelling/versions of experience: genres as tools for creating alternate realities / Peggy J. Miller ... [et al.] -- The influence of religious beliefs on parental attitudes about children's fantasy behavior / Marjorie Taylor and Stephanie M. Carlson -- Religion, culture, and beliefs about reality in moral reasoning / Elliot Turiel and Kristin Neff -- Beyond Scopes: why creationism is here to stay / E. Margaret Evans -- Knowledge change in response to data in science, religion, and magic / Clark A. Chinn and William F. Brewer -- Theology and physical science: a story of developmental influence at the boundaries / David E. Schrader. |
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Cognition in children.
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Magical thinking in children.
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Children -- Religious life.
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Reasoning in children.
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Psychology, Religious.
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Cognition. |
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Child. |
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Imagination. |
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Magic. |
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Religion. |
| Added Author |
Rosengren, Karl Sven.
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Johnson, Carl N.
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Harris, Paul L., 1946-
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| ISBN |
0521665876 (pbk.) |
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0521593220 (hbk.) |
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9780521593229 (hbk.) |
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9780521665872 (pbk.) |
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