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Souls do not live by cognitive inclinations alone, but by the desire to exist beyond death as well

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 December 2006

Jeff Greenberg ,
Daniel Sullivan ,
Spee Kosloff  and
Sheldon Solomon
Jeff Greenberg*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ85721
Daniel Sullivan*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ85721
Spee Kosloff*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ85721
Sheldon Solomon*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY12866
*
Jeff@email.arizona.edu
swolf22@email.arizona.edu
kosloff@email.arizona.edu
ssolomon@skidmore.edu
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Abstract:

Bering's analysis is inadequate because it fails to consider past and present adult soul beliefs and the psychological functions they serve. We suggest that a valid folk psychology of souls must consider features of adult soul beliefs, the unique problem engendered by awareness of death, and terror management findings, in addition to cognitive inclinations toward dualistic and teleological thinking.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 29 , Issue 5 , October 2006 , pp. 474 - 475
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006

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