TY - BOOK ID - 77891013 TI - Intentional Systems Theory as a Conceptual Framework for Religious Studies PY - 2010 SN - 077341665X 9780773416659 9780773414129 0773414126 PB - Lewiston Edwin Mellen Press DB - UniCat KW - Intentionality (Philosophy). KW - Religion -- Methodology. KW - System theory. KW - Religion KW - System theory KW - Intentionality (Philosophy) KW - Philosophy & Religion KW - Religion - General KW - Act (Philosophy) KW - Mind and body KW - Philosophy KW - Systems, Theory of KW - Systems science KW - Science KW - Methodology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77891013 AB - This book investigates the philosophical assumptions in religious studies, especially in ethnography of religion. The central claim is that religious studies treats its study object as an intentional system. This system's behaviour can be described, explained and predicted on the basis of its internal representations. ER -