Cognitive Science Approaches to the Biblical World

Call For Papers: I. In our first session, “Confessions of a Cognitive Science Convert,” invited panelists will discuss how they came to use cognitive science in their scholarship and its utility for the study of biblical and cognate material. II. Our second session, co-sponsored with the Wisdom & Apocalypticism unit invites papers that explore apocalyptic concepts and images and how they are shaped by recurrent cognitive patterns of thought (e.g., prototypes, conceptual blending, counter-intuitive concepts). III. For a panel co-sponsored with the Senses & Cultures unit, “Making Sense with the Senses,” we invite papers that investigate the interplay between cognition and the senses in texts and in material culture. For example, how do the senses contribute to refinement of ideas, creation of new knowledge, or development of practices? We welcome attention to less-studied senses (e.g., sense of pain, sense of the body in space [proprioception], sense of time), and papers that apply a combination of cultural and cognitive theories. Please include a brief description of the data that will be examined, and the theories and methods that will be applied in the presentation. Non-traditional modes of presentation are welcome.

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