Missing links: The psychology and epidemiology of shamanistic beliefs.
Pascal Boyer
Behavioral and Brain Sciences January 2018 DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x17002023 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Proposes that a model of shamanism-like beliefs across many human societies exists in skeletal form and must be supplemented with anthropological evidence, psychological processes, and cultural transmission before it can become a proper theory. |
Abstract
Singh provides the skeletal elements of a possible account of shamanism-like beliefs in many human societies. To be developed into a proper theory, this model needs to be supplemented at several crucial points, in terms of anthropological evidence, psychological processes, and cultural transmission.