Arithmetic, 110–111
Artemidorus of Daldis, 214
Artifacts, 57, 79, 81, 82, 85, 100, 101,
102, 112, 116, 132, 198, 208, 226,
322, 323
cognitive, 133, 134–135, 175
special powers of, 86
See also Culture, cultural artifacts;
Tools
[360] Atlases, 6
Atran, Scott, 161, 162
Austen, Jane, 93
Autism, 103, 104, 154, 221–222
Aymara people, 65–66
Bacharach, Paul, 125
Baktaman people, 244
Ballistic capacities, 309–310
Bar-Do, 211
Baron-Cohen, Simon, 103, 104
Barrett, Clark, 145, 216, 217, 218, 225
Barrett, Justin, 79–80, 85, 88–89,
141–142, 145, 146, 148, 158, 165,
313
Barth, Fredrik, 244
Batek people, 157, 208, 217, 218
Bats, 182, 183
Beatty, Andrew, 268, 269
Beliefs, 2–3, 7, 12, 13, 25, 26, 27–28, 37,
40, 123, 164, 169, 226, 236, 320
acquiring, 302–307, 311
beliefs of others, 167, 297, 299, 318
believing in something, 9–10, 49
about death, 212
and distinct mental systems, 315–317
having, 306
as interpretations of intuitions,
305–306, 307
and judicial model, 302–304nonbelievers, 294, 299, 313, 318, 330
nonstandard, 281, 283. See also
Theological correctness
origins of unclear/unsupported,
300–301
in the paranormal, 76–78
and perceptions, 72, 74
possible supernatural beliefs, 29,
51–54, 56, 71
recurrent themes, 30, 31, 325. See also
Concepts, common features in
religious concepts
refutation of, 5, 28–29, 299, 300
religious beliefs as special, 307
about rituals, 253–254
See also Inferences; Minds, as
accepting beliefs
Benefits/costs, 126–127, 185, 186, 198,
199, 200, 288, 313
Berawan people, 208–209
Beti people, 244
Biological features, counterintuitive,
65–68
Birds, 161–162, 182
Blacksmiths, 134, 214, 287, 289, 291
Bloch, Maurice, 213, 233, 253
Bloom, Paul, 130
Bogeymen, 90
Boyd, R., 34
Brahmans, 213, 276, 282
Brains, 3, 4, 16, 22, 27, 41, 50, 60,
104–105, 110, 116, 133, 163, 164,
183, 212, 287, 308–309, 330
auditory cortex of, 131–132
pathology in, 220–221, 239, 308, 309.
See also Cognitive pathologies
specialized systems in. SeeMinds,
specialized systems in
visual system of, 132–133, 303–304INDEX