{"pk":28728,"title":"Seeking evidence and explanation signals religious and scientific commitments","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Scientific norms value skepticism; many religious traditionsvalue faith. We test the hypothesis that these differentattitudes towards inquiry and belief result in differentinferences from epistemic behavior: Whereas the pursuit ofevidence or explanations is taken as a signal of commitmentto science, forgoing further evidence and explanation is takenas a signal of commitment to religion. Two studies (N = 401)support these predictions. We also find that deciding topursue inquiry is judged more moral and trustworthy, withmoderating effects of participant religiosity and scientism.These findings suggest that epistemic behavior can be a socialsignal and shed light on the epistemic and social functions ofscientific vs. religious belief.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[{"word":"explanation; evidence; information search;science; religion; moral cognition"}],"section":"Papers with Poster Presentations","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9h83g4vx","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Maureen","middle_name":"","last_name":"Gill","name_suffix":"","institution":"Princeton University","department":""},{"first_name":"Tania","middle_name":"","last_name":"Lombrozo","name_suffix":"","institution":"Princeton University","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2019-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/28728/galley/18599/download/"}]}