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EXPERIÊNCIAS MÍSTICAS E A HIPÓTESE MCI

Sapere Aude December 29, 2025 Veronica Campos, Daniel de Luca‐noronha 1 citation

In this paper an argument is presented against one of the mainstream theories in the cognitive science of religion, the Minimal Counterintuitiveness Hypothesis (MCI). The MCI hypothesis explains the adherence of religious beliefs as a function of the degree of counterintuitiveness of the concepts figuring in the belief’s content. According to MCI, religious beliefs are adherent because they...