Re-evaluating the Effects of the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake on Eighteenth-Century Minds
How Cognitive Science of Religion Improves Intellectual History with Hypothesis Testing Methods
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8205773 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R Nichols, Ronald Lee Nichols (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 970-1009 |
| Publication date | 2014-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Academy of Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7189 • E-ISSN: 1477-4585 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jaarel/lfu033 |
| OpenAlex | W2008895417 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 37 |
This article articulates two prominent, competing explanations about cognitive effects of the Lisbon earthquake of 1755 and assesses them against historical documents. Humanities scholars ’ writings on the earthquake imply what I refer to as a “Secularizing Interpretation,”
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,57 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2024 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |