etom in A Sentence

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    Now that we have clarified what ToM is, what do we mean by existential theory of mind(Etom)?

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    It addresses how Etom process elements and flows can be used to support the processes identified in ITIL.

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    The idea of Etom is that people tend to engage their ToM in interactions not just with other people, but with‘existence' in general.

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    Is the tendency towards Etom simply an accidental by-product of our ToM adaptations, or does Etom have some adaptive function in its own right?

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    But even if we do see Etom as a reorientation of regular ToM, away from a normal social context and towards‘the universe' in general, this view raises new questions.

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    Etom is a useful way to conceptualize the essence of religion, because it seems like a good description of the mental processes that underlie what we would identify as‘religiosity' cross-culturally.

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    In this post I have hopefully clarified the meaning of both ToM and Etom, and established why Etom is a good candidate to be considered the essence of religiosity and spirituality cross-culturally.

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