Cognitive Characteristics of belief systems.

Claims that J. Frank's (see record 1978-06868-001) discussion of scientific humanism and transcendental religion would have benefitted from consideration of 3 characteristics of belief systems: intelligibility, truth, and explanatory power. Such consideration may provide conclusions about the basis for a comparison of transcendental-religious and scientific-humanist belief systems as cognitive systems. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)