(Most) Algorithmic Animal
Unknowable Causal Structures in the Information Age
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21875085 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joanna J Bryson (0000-0003-0021-0801, Hertie School, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2022-11-16 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal for the Cognitive Science of Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2049-7555 • E-ISSN: 2049-7563 |
| Publisher | Equinox Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1558/jcsr.23612 |
| OpenAlex | W4320058607 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 20 |
Rituals are a means of regulation – they are a means for maintaining coherence and attaining long-term goals, including social coherence. But does their efficacy depend entirely, or at all, on their opacity? In this requested commentary on Harvey Whitehouse’s new book, The Ritual Animal, I discuss the utility of costly rituals in an evolutionary context, and suggest that causal opacity is only one, potentially substitutable cost. I relate this to the urgent topical concerns of polarization and of regulating sustainability globally
Biology · Business · Economics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Opacity · Positive economics · Sociology · Sustainability · Computer Science · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · History · Mathematics · Philosophy · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence · Ecology
Breakdown of Will
Polarization
Economic scarcity alters the perception of race
Cross-Country Trends in Affective Polarization
The consequences of online partisan media
Nothing in Biology Makes Sense except in the Light of Evolution
On the Measurement of Polarization
The Ritual Animal
The Handicap Principle
Polarization
Female Economic Dependence and the Morality of Promiscuity
Ethnicity, the State, and the Duration of Civil War
What Do We Measure When We Measure Affective Polarization
State Welfare Spending and Religiosity
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |