Schedule
Developing Belief:
Cognitive and Cultural Influences on Belief
Date: Friday, November 15, 2019
Time: 8:00am – 6:30pm
Location: Alumni and Visitors Center, University of California, Riverside
8:00 – 9:00 Arrive [breakfast provided]
9:00 – 9:30 Welcome
Dr. Rebekah Richert (University of California, Riverside)
Dean Milagros Peña (College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, University of California, Riverside)
9:30 – 10:00 Introductions
10:00 – 11:30 Developing Supernatural & Scientific Beliefs
How Children's Cognitive Reflection Shapes Their Scientific Beliefs
Dr. Andrew Shtulman (Occidental College)
Belief in the Unseen: The Interaction of Cognition and Culture in the Development of Concepts of God and the Afterlife
Dr. Melanie Nyhof (Northwestern College)
Religious Differences in Children's Folk Beliefs about God
Dr. Rebekah Richert (University of California, Riverside)
11:30 – 12:30 Lunch
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12:30 – 2:00 Cognitive and Developmental Perspectives on Moral Beliefs
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The Spread of Essentialist Beliefs
Dr. Marjorie Rhodes (New York University)
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Developmental Perspectives on Dishonesty
Dr. Gail Heyman (University of California, San Diego)
The Development of Reasoning about Religious Norms: Insights from Hindu and Muslim Children in India
Dr. Mahesh Srinivasan (University of California, Berkeley)
2:00 – 2:15 Break
2:15 – 3:45 Reflections on Belief
What is Different About Religious Norms
Dr. Auden Dahl (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Two Philosophical Theses about the Nature of Belief and Their Relevance to Empirical Research
Dr. Eric Schwitzgebel (University of California, Riverside)
The Agony and the Ecstasy: Abjection, Media, Belief
Dr. Derek Burrill (University of California, Riverside)
3:45 – 4:00 Break
4:00 – 5:15 Social Construction of Belief
Children's Conversations with Parents about Beliefs
Dr. Maureen Callanan (University of California, Santa Cruz)
The Role of Religious Exposure in Children's Conceptualization of What is Real and What is Possible
Dr. Kathleen Corriveau (Boston University)
5:15 – 5:30 Closing Remarks
5:30 – 6:30 Reception