„Tarp pasirinkimo ir determinizmo: kultūrinė laisvos valios, sėkmės ir atsitiktinumo patyrimo bei
konceptualizavimo įvairovė“ (Nr. DOTSUT-22 (09.3.3-LMT-K-712-01-0111)/LSS-250000-56)
The project was co-funded from the EU Structural Funds (Nr. 09.3.3-LMT-K-712-01-0111), 2018-2022.
Team: Prof. Audrius Beinorius (team-leader), Dr. Vytis Silius, Dr. Renatas Berniūnas, lect. Vilius Dranseika.
The task of the project is to carry out a transcultural textual-historiographical and empirical-anthropological study in order to reveal the connection between the theoretical-intellectual traditions and everyday conceptions of free will, destiny, choice, and luck in different cultural contexts of contemporary Europe and Asia. How the free will issue is conceptualized in various traditions and how it is approached experientially on a popular level. Previous similar studies did not take into account the cross-cultural element, did not evaluate the influence of non-Western intellectual traditions on everyday practice and conceptualization. The current project proposes a critical assessment of the possibility to generalize the results of research that was conducted in Western cultures. This way, we seek to include different systems of knowledge and action from different civilizational fields (India, China, Mongolia, US, Lithuania) into a fruitful intellectual dialogue and to make comparisons on an empirical level by applying the methodologies of Cognitive studies.