The Zeus Problem: Why Representational Content Biases Cannot Explain Faith in Gods

By W. Gervais, Joseph Henrich. 2010

114 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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In Cognitive Neuroscience

1. W. Gervais
2. Ara Norenzayan
3. Joseph Henrich
4. Aiyana K. Willard

In Social Psychology

1. W. Gervais
2. Joseph Henrich
3. Aiyana K. Willard
4. Ara Norenzayan
5. David A. Hirshleifer
6. Alex Mesoudi
7. V. Saroglou
8. Cristine H. Legare

In Sociology and Political Science

1. W. Gervais
2. Joseph Henrich
3. Aiyana K. Willard
4. Ara Norenzayan
5. Alex Mesoudi
6. V. Saroglou
7. Kevin N. Laland
8. Robert Boyd

Citations in the corpus

• THE CULTURAL TRANSMISSION OF FAITH Why innate intuitions are necessary, but insufficient, to explain religious belief (2011, background): “We thus explain why a supernatural agent with identical content and supported by exactly the same cognitive biases can in one place or time be an idol of immense devotion, while in a different time or place can be merely myth or fanciful tale: this is the so-called ‘Zeus Problem’ (Gervais and Henric”