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Arguing From Cognitive Science Of Religion
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Author : Hans Van Eyghen
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2020-04-02
Arguing From Cognitive Science Of Religion written by Hans Van Eyghen and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-02 with Philosophy categories.
This book considers whether recent theories from Cognitive Science of Religion (CSR) undermine the epistemic status of religious belief. After introducing the key theories in the growing area of CSR, Hans Van Eyghen explores some of the epistemic questions surrounding CSR, including: Is CSR incompatible with the truth of religious belief? How might CSR show that religious belief is unreliably formed? And, finally, does CSR undermine the justification of religious belief by religious experiences? In addressing these questions, he demonstrates how CSR does not undermine the epistemic bases for religious belief. This book offers a clear and concise overview of the current state of cognitive science of religion and will be of particular interest to scholars working in philosophy and epistemology of religion.
How Religion Works
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Author : Ilkka Pyysiäinen
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2021-10-11
How Religion Works written by Ilkka Pyysiäinen and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-11 with Psychology categories.
Recent findings in cognitive science and evolutionary psychology provide important insights to the processes which make religious beliefs and behaviors such efficient attractors in and across various cultural settings. The specific salience of religious ideas is based on the fact that they are 'counter-intuitive': they contradict our intuitive expectations of how entities normally behave. Counter-intuitive ideas are only produced by a mind capable of crossing the boundaries that separate such ontological domains as persons, living things, and solid objects. The evolution of such a mind has only taken place in the human species. How certain kinds of counter-intuitive ideas are selected for a religious use is discussed from varying angles. Cognitive considerations are thus related to the traditions of comparative religion. This publication has also been published in paperback, please click here for details.
Why Religion Is Natural And Science Is Not
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Author : Robert N. McCauley
language : en
Publisher: OUP USA
Release Date : 2011-11
Why Religion Is Natural And Science Is Not written by Robert N. McCauley and has been published by OUP USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11 with Psychology categories.
A comparison of the cognitive foundations of religion and science and an argument that religion is cognitively natural and that science is cognitively unnatural.
Challenges To Moral And Religious Belief
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Author : Michael Bergmann
language : en
Publisher: Berkeley Tanner Lectures
Release Date : 2014-05
Challenges To Moral And Religious Belief written by Michael Bergmann and has been published by Berkeley Tanner Lectures this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05 with Philosophy categories.
Fourteen original essays by philosophers, theologians, and social scientists explore the challenges to moral and religious belief posed by disagreement and evolution. The collection represents both sceptical and non-skeptical positions about morality and religion, cultivates new insights, and moves the discussion forward in illuminating ways.
God Naturalized
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Author : Halvor Kvandal
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-10-27
God Naturalized written by Halvor Kvandal and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-27 with Philosophy categories.
This volume argues that theistic philosophy should be seen not as an “armchair” enterprise but rather as a critical endeavor to bring philosophy of religion into close contact with emerging sciences of religion. This text engages with the rationality of religious belief by investigating central problems and arguments in philosophy of religion from the perspective of new naturalistic research. A central question the book analyzes is whether findings in cognitive science of religion (CSR) falsify or undermine religious ideas and beliefs. With regard to CSR, this volume offers a sustained and critical investigation of the neutrality and positive-relevance view, before offering a re-appraisal of the conflict view. The text argues that when scrutinizing these views, much more attention must be paid to specific normative premises that allow empirical findings to have epistemic relevance. A novel feature is the theoretical application of analytical epistemology in virtue-epistemology to the central question of whether CSR undermines, supports, or is neutral with respect to religious belief. This book appeals to upper-level students and researchers in the field.
Cognitive Science Religion And Theology
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Author : Justin L. Barrett
language : en
Publisher: Templeton Press
Release Date : 2011-11-01
Cognitive Science Religion And Theology written by Justin L. Barrett and has been published by Templeton Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-01 with Religion categories.
Cognitive Science, Religion, and Theology is the eighth title published in the Templeton Science and Religion Series, in which scientists from a wide range of fields distill their experience and knowledge into brief tours of their respective specialties. In this volume, well-known cognitive scientist Justin L. Barrett offers an accessible overview of this interdisciplinary field, reviews key findings in this area, and discusses the implications of these findings for religious thought and practice. Cognitive science is the interdisciplinary study of minds and mental activity, and as such, it addresses a fundamental feature of what it is to be human. Further, as religious traditions concern ideas and beliefs about the nature of humans, the nature of the world, and the nature of the divine, cognitive science can contribute directly and indirectly to these theological concerns. Barrett shows how direct contributions come from the growing area called cognitive science of religion (CSR), which investigates how human cognitive systems inform and constrain religious thought, experience, and expression. CSR attempts to answer questions such as: Why do humans tend to be religious? And why are specific ideas (e.g., the possibility of an afterlife) so cross-culturally recurrent? Barrett also covers the indirect implications that cognitive science has for theology, such as human similarities and differences with the animal world, freedom and determinism, and the relationship between minds and bodies. Cognitive Science, Religion, and Theology critically reviews the research on these fascinating questions and discusses the many implications that arise from them. In addition, this short volume also offers suggestions for future research, making it ideal not only for those looking for an overview of the field thus far but also for those seeking a glimpse of where the field might be going in the future.
Where The Conflict Really Lies
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Author : Alvin Plantinga
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2011-11-30
Where The Conflict Really Lies written by Alvin Plantinga and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-30 with Philosophy categories.
In this long-awaited book, pre-eminent analytical philosopher Alvin Plantinga argues that the conflict between science and theistic religion is actually superficial, and that at a deeper level they are in concord.
Wittgenstein And The Cognitive Science Of Religion
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Author : Robert Vinten
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2023-06-15
Wittgenstein And The Cognitive Science Of Religion written by Robert Vinten and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-15 with Philosophy categories.
Advancing our understanding of one of the most influential 20th-century philosophers, Robert Vinten brings together an international line up of scholars to consider the relevance of Ludwig Wittgenstein's ideas to the cognitive science of religion. Wittgenstein's claims ranged from the rejection of the idea that psychology is a 'young science' in comparison to physics to challenges to scientistic and intellectualist accounts of religion in the work of past anthropologists. Chapters explore whether these remarks about psychology and religion undermine the frameworks and practices of cognitive scientists of religion. Employing philosophical tools as well as drawing on case studies, contributions not only illuminate psychological experiments, anthropological observations and neurophysiological research relevant to understanding religious phenomena, they allow cognitive scientists to either heed or clarify their position in relation to Wittgenstein's objections. By developing and responding to his criticisms, Wittgenstein and the Cognitive Science of Religion offers novel perspectives on his philosophy in relation to religion, human nature, and the mind.
Minds And Gods
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Author : Todd Tremlin
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2006-03-02
Minds And Gods written by Todd Tremlin and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-03-02 with Psychology categories.
This volume explains the origins and persistence of religious ideas on the basis of common structures and functions of human thought. It describes the evolutionary forces that molded the modern human mind. It details many adapted features of the brain, illustrating their operation with examples of everyday human behavior.
Arguing From Cognitive Science Of Religion
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