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ERIC Number: EJ556024
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
[Further Distinctions between Magic, Reality, Religion, and Fiction. Commentaries.]
Boyer, Pascal; Taylor, Marjorie; Harris, Paul L.; Chandler, Michael; Johnson, Carl N.
Child Development, v68 n6 p1012-26 Dec 1997
Contains the following commentaries: "Further Distinctions between Magic, Reality, Religion, and Fiction"; "The Role of Creative Control and Culture in Children's Fantasy/Reality Judgments"; "The Last of the Magicians? Children, Scientists, and the Invocation of Hidden Causal Powers"; "Rescuing Magical Thinking from the Jaws of Social Determinism"; "Crazy Children, Fantastical Theories, and the Many Uses of Metaphysics." (KB)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development, Cultural Influences, Developmental Stages, Fantasy, Religion
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Appearance Reality Distinction; Magic; Metaphysics; Reality
Note: Comments on Woolley article (PS 527 411) in this issue.