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Further Distinctions between Magic, Reality, Religion, and Fiction
Author(s) -
Boyer Pascal
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1997.tb01976.x
Subject(s) - counterintuitive , magic (telescope) , psychology , epistemology , cognitive psychology , social psychology , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics
Children's representations of counterintuitive phenomena can be better understood if we take into account the following: (1) Children may develop a conceptual slot for “counterintuitive+real” phenomena, (2) Notions of “reality” in early children's handling of fiction. (4) Cultural systems of religious representations make particular demands on developmental processes.