Jack J Lennon
Biographic Data
| ID | 1704870 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jack J Lennon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jack J |
| FAMILY NAME | Lennon |
| SIGNATURE | LENNON J J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nottingham |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Cultural Incentive Learning
Although research on human values is abundant, it has so far neglected a crucial question: what are the psychological mechanisms whereby culture shapes people's values? To address this, the manuscript introduces a framework examining how culture shapes the acquisition of values, a process referred to as cultural incentive learning . The proposal is that cultural incentive learning mediates the influence exerted by the structure of society upon pe…
Discussing the Gods as Latent Causes
Senses, Cognition, and Ritual Experience in the Roman World
The Gods as Latent Causes
The statistical brain hypothesis posits that the brain constructs probabilistic models of the environment. Here we examine whether this perspective can provide any insight on religion. We propose that religious ideas represent an attempt to explain away residuals, that is, to explain discrepancies between observations and predictions. The framework postulates probabilistic generative models where gods are described by latent variables whose possi…
Dirt and Denigration
Jack J. Lennon examines those groups in ancient Rome that were most frequently attacked using the language of dirtiness and contamination, whether because of their profession, ethnicity, or social position. Focusing on those that commonly laboured under the stigma of impurity, he considers the significance of denigration in Roman society, which he defines as attacks against individuals based specifically on their alleged dirtiness. The author dem…
Sarah E. Bond. Trade and Taboo
Sarah E. Bond’s new monograph, Trade and Taboo, is a welcome addition to the growing body of literature dealing with those professionals and tradesmen who performed important roles within Roman society but who, on the whole, received scorn rather than gratitude from those members of Rome’s elite who considered themselves above such petty or unpleasant tasks. Over the course of five chapters, Bond examines the duties and social positions of a vari…
Dining and Obligation in Valerius Maximus
The phrase sacra mensae appears in only a select number of instances from the first century a.d. onwards. This paper seeks to demonstrate that references to sacra mensae are not coincidental, and that they were employed deliberately by authors such as Valerius Maximus and, after him, Quintilian, Tacitus and Seneca, based on an assumed shared understanding of their significance on the part of Roman audiences. Although it appears across a variety o…
Victimarii in Roman Religion and Society
This paper brings together literary, epigraphic and iconographic evidence for the victimarii — the attendants responsible for slaughtering sacrificial animals in ancient Rome. It aims to explore the problematic status of victimarii in Roman society, and argues that the often hostile views of the aristocracy have led to the continued marginalisation of this prominent group within scholarly discussions of religion and society. It argues that when t…
Mougins Museum Rome Awards
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Pollution, religion and society in the Roman world
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Pollution and Ritual Impurity in Cicero's De Domo Sua
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Pollution and Ritual Impurity in Cicero's De Domo Sua
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Pollution and Ritual Impurity in Cicero's De Domo Sua
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Pollution, religion and society in the Roman world
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Mougins Museum Rome Awards
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Dining and Obligation in Valerius Maximus
The phrase sacra mensae appears in only a select number of instances from the first century a.d. onwards. This paper seeks to demonstrate that references to sacra mensae are not coincidental, and that they were employed deliberately by authors such as Valerius Maximus and, after him, Quintilian, Tacitus and Seneca, based on an assumed shared understanding of their significance on the part of Roman audiences. Although it appears across a variety o…
Victimarii in Roman Religion and Society
This paper brings together literary, epigraphic and iconographic evidence for the victimarii — the attendants responsible for slaughtering sacrificial animals in ancient Rome. It aims to explore the problematic status of victimarii in Roman society, and argues that the often hostile views of the aristocracy have led to the continued marginalisation of this prominent group within scholarly discussions of religion and society. It argues that when t…
Sarah E. Bond. Trade and Taboo
Sarah E. Bond’s new monograph, Trade and Taboo, is a welcome addition to the growing body of literature dealing with those professionals and tradesmen who performed important roles within Roman society but who, on the whole, received scorn rather than gratitude from those members of Rome’s elite who considered themselves above such petty or unpleasant tasks. Over the course of five chapters, Bond examines the duties and social positions of a vari…
Dirt and Denigration
Jack J. Lennon examines those groups in ancient Rome that were most frequently attacked using the language of dirtiness and contamination, whether because of their profession, ethnicity, or social position. Focusing on those that commonly laboured under the stigma of impurity, he considers the significance of denigration in Roman society, which he defines as attacks against individuals based specifically on their alleged dirtiness. The author dem…
The Gods as Latent Causes
The statistical brain hypothesis posits that the brain constructs probabilistic models of the environment. Here we examine whether this perspective can provide any insight on religion. We propose that religious ideas represent an attempt to explain away residuals, that is, to explain discrepancies between observations and predictions. The framework postulates probabilistic generative models where gods are described by latent variables whose possi…
Cultural Incentive Learning
Although research on human values is abundant, it has so far neglected a crucial question: what are the psychological mechanisms whereby culture shapes people's values? To address this, the manuscript introduces a framework examining how culture shapes the acquisition of values, a process referred to as cultural incentive learning . The proposal is that cultural incentive learning mediates the influence exerted by the structure of society upon pe…
Discussing the Gods as Latent Causes
Senses, Cognition, and Ritual Experience in the Roman World
Classical Antiquity Studies (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Art (4 works) · History (4 works) · History (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works)