Naturalism, Theism and the Cognitive Study of Religion
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Aku Visala
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causal
Causal Closure
closure
cognitive science of religion
cosmides
Counter-intuitive Concepts
Counter-intuitive Representations
Counterintuitive Representations
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
evolutionary psychology religion
explanatory
Explanatory Pluralism
folk
Folk Psychology
Hypersensitive Agency Detection Device
Inter-theoretic Reduction
Intertheoretic Reduction
Intuitive Beliefs
John's Belief
John’s Belief
leda
massive
Massive Modularity
Massive Modularity Hypothesis
Massive Modularity Thesis
methodological naturalism
modularity
Naturalistic Explanations
Personal Explanations
philosophical analysis of religious cognition
philosophy of religion
psychology
Reflective Beliefs
religious epistemology
Sensus Divinitatis
strict
Strict Naturalism
Subpersonal Explanation
Supernatural Agents
Supernatural Punishment Theory
theological methodology
Van Huyssteen
Worldview Neutral
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- ISBN 9781409424260
- Weight: 566g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 28 Aug 2011
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book provides a critical philosophical analysis of the claim that contemporary cognitive approaches to religion undermine theistic beliefs. Recent scientific work into the evolution and cognition of religion has been driven by and interpreted in terms of a certain kind of philosophical and methodological naturalism. The book argues that such naturalism is not necessary for the cognitive study of religion and develops an alternative philosophical and methodological framework. This alternative framework opens the cognitive study of religion to theological and philosophical considerations and clarifies its relationship to other approaches to religious phenomena. This unique contribution to discussions regarding the philosophical and theological implications of the cognitive study of religion summarizes the so far fragmentary discussion, exposes its underlying assumptions, and develops a novel framework for further discussion.
Visiting Fellow, Centre for Anthropology and Mind, University of Oxford, UK
