Covert Institutionality: Sacred Mountains, Witches and Exorcists

Covert Institutionality: Sacred Mountains, Witches and Exorcists

I develop an account of covert institutional facts by examining sacred objects, witches, shamans and exorcists. I present an account of sacred objects as covert institutional entities, and distinguish between true beliefs that help create the institutional facts and false beliefs about their origin...

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Main Author: Filip Buekens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2016-11-01
Series:Phenomenology and Mind
Subjects:
sacred objects
institutions
error theories
covert institutional facts
witchcraft
Online Access:https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/pam/article/view/7072
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spelling doaj-42dcce794d5142af8bdebed8142382492020-11-25T03:08:46ZengFirenze University PressPhenomenology and Mind2280-78532239-40282016-11-01210.13128/Phe_Mi-1962516444Covert Institutionality: Sacred Mountains, Witches and ExorcistsFilip Buekens I develop an account of covert institutional facts by examining sacred objects, witches, shamans and exorcists. I present an account of sacred objects as covert institutional entities, and distinguish between true beliefs that help create the institutional facts and false beliefs about their origin and/or their physical powers. https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/pam/article/view/7072sacred objectsinstitutionserror theoriescovert institutional factswitchcraft
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Phenomenology and Mind
sacred objects
institutions
error theories
covert institutional facts
witchcraft
author_facet Filip Buekens
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title Covert Institutionality: Sacred Mountains, Witches and Exorcists
title_short Covert Institutionality: Sacred Mountains, Witches and Exorcists
title_full Covert Institutionality: Sacred Mountains, Witches and Exorcists
title_fullStr Covert Institutionality: Sacred Mountains, Witches and Exorcists
title_full_unstemmed Covert Institutionality: Sacred Mountains, Witches and Exorcists
title_sort covert institutionality: sacred mountains, witches and exorcists
publisher Firenze University Press
series Phenomenology and Mind
issn 2280-7853
2239-4028
publishDate 2016-11-01
description I develop an account of covert institutional facts by examining sacred objects, witches, shamans and exorcists. I present an account of sacred objects as covert institutional entities, and distinguish between true beliefs that help create the institutional facts and false beliefs about their origin and/or their physical powers.
topic sacred objects
institutions
error theories
covert institutional facts
witchcraft
url https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/pam/article/view/7072
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