Browsing AURA by Author "Shults, Fount LeRon"
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The Artificial Society Analytics Platform
Shults, Fount LeRon; Wildman, Wesley J.; Diallo, Saikou; Puga-Gonzalez, Ivan; Voas, David (Springer Proceedings in Complexity;, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2020)Social simulation routinely involves the construction of artificial societies and agents within such societies. Currently there is insufficient discussion of best practices regarding the construction process. This chapter ... -
Modeling the effects of religious belief and affiliation on prosociality
Galen, Luke; Gore, Ross; Shults, Fount LeRon (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021) -
Modern religion as vestigial structure: An evolutionary account of secularisation
Talmont-Kaminski, Konrad; Shults, Fount LeRon (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This article offers a new solution to a theoretical problem facing scholars attempting to interpret religion and secularisation in light of biological evolution. Some scholars argue that the diversity of religious beliefs ... -
Religious Exiting and Social Networks: Computer Simulations of Religious/Secular Pluralism
Cragun, Ryan; McCaffree, Kevin; Puga-Gonzalez, Ivan; Wildman, Wesley; Shults, Fount LeRon (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021) -
Simulating secularities: Challenges and opportunities in the computational science of (non)religion
Shults, Fount LeRon (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021) -
Studying close entity encounters of the psychedelic kind: Insights from the cognitive evolutionary science of religion
Shults, Fount LeRon (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This article calls for a more robust mutual engagement between the science of psychedelic experiences (SPE) and the cognitive evolutionary science of religion (CESR). Greater collaboration between researchers in these ...