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The Naturalness Of Belief
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Author : Paul Copan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
The Naturalness Of Belief written by Paul Copan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Belief and doubt categories.
This volume exposes naturalism's unnaturalness and defends theism's naturalness and greater explanatory power to account for wide-ranging phenomena in the world and human experience. A broadening of naturalism to accommodate these features means borrowing heavily from-and thus...
The Naturalness Of Religious Ideas
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Author : Pascal Boyer
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2023-12-22
The Naturalness Of Religious Ideas written by Pascal Boyer and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-22 with Social Science categories.
Why do people have religious ideas? And why thosereligious ideas? The main theme of Pascal Boyer's work is that important aspects of religious representations are constrained by universal properties of the human mind-brain. Experimental results from developmental psychology, he says, can explain why certain religious representations are more likely to be acquired, stored, and transmitted by human minds. Considering these universal constraints, Boyer proposes an exciting new answer to the question of why similar religious representations are found in so many different cultures. His work will be widely discussed by cultural anthropologists, psychologists, and students of religion, history, and philosophy.
Why Religion Is Natural And Science Is Not
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Author : Robert N. McCauley
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2013-11
Why Religion Is Natural And Science Is Not written by Robert N. McCauley 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 2013-11 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.
The Naturalness Of Belief
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Author : Paul Copan
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2018-11-13
The Naturalness Of Belief written by Paul Copan and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-13 with Philosophy categories.
Despite its name, “naturalism” as a world-view turns out to be rather unnatural in its strict and more consistent form of materialism and determinism. This is why a number of naturalists opt for a broadened version that includes objective moral values, intrinsic human dignity, consciousness, beauty, personal agency, and the like. But in doing so, broad naturalism begins to look more like theism. As many strict naturalists recognize, broad naturalism must borrow from the metaphysical resources of a theistic world-view, in which such features are very natural, common sensical, and quite “at home” in a theistic framework. The Naturalness of Belief begins with a naturalistic philosopher’s own perspective of naturalism and naturalness. The remaining chapters take a multifaceted approach in showing theism’s naturalness and greater explanatory power. They examine not only rational reasons for theism’s ability to account for consciousness, intentionality, beauty, human dignity, free will, rationality, and knowledge; they also look at common sensical, existential, psychological, and cultural reasons—in addition to the insights of the cognitive science of religion.
What Is Reality
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Author : Francis Howe Johnson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-09-27
What Is Reality written by Francis Howe Johnson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-27 with Philosophy categories.
Excerpt from What Is Reality?: An Inquiry as to the Reasonableness of Natural, Religion, and the Naturalness of Revealed Religion Throughout the following pages it has been the aim of the author to indicate faithfully, either in the text or in footnotes, the various sources whence he has derived assistance. It is, however, a privilege to make additional and special mention of three writers. To Herman Lotze, to J. B. Stallo, and to Andrew Seth the author is particularly indebted for guidance at difficult stages of the argument. The title of the book was chosen because it sets forth in the simplest form of words the subject of the discussion. It is often said, and very generally believed, that science and religion derive their authority from totally distinct sources; that faith begins where science leaves off; that science deals with facts that can be proved, while religion is the outcome of conceptions that have no verifiable attachments in reality. It is the object of this book to show that the premises of religion are as real as any part of man's knowledge; and that the methods by which its vital truths are deduced from these premises are no less legitimate than those employed by science. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Excellent Beauty
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Author : Eric Dietrich
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2015-06-09
Excellent Beauty written by Eric Dietrich and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-09 with Religion categories.
Flipping convention on its head, Eric Dietrich argues that science uncovers awe-inspiring, enduring mysteries, while religion, regarded as the source for such mysteries, is a biological phenomenon. Just like spoken language, Dietrich shows that religion is an evolutionary adaptation. Science is the source of perplexing yet beautiful mysteries, however natural the search for answers may be to human existence. Excellent Beauty undoes our misconception of scientific inquiry as an executioner of beauty, making the case that science has won the battle with religion so thoroughly it can now explain why religion persists. The book also draws deep lessons for human flourishing from the very existence of scientific mysteries. It is these latter wonderful, completely public truths that constitute some strangeness in the proportion, revealing a universe worthy of awe and wonder.
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.
What Is Reality An Inquiry As To The Reasonableness Of Natural Religion And The Naturalness Of Revealed Religion
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Author : Francis Howe Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Sagwan Press
Release Date : 2018-02
What Is Reality An Inquiry As To The Reasonableness Of Natural Religion And The Naturalness Of Revealed Religion written by Francis Howe Johnson and has been published by Sagwan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02 with Philosophy categories.
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The Evolving God
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Author : J. David Pleins
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2013-06-06
The Evolving God written by J. David Pleins and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-06 with Religion categories.
In focusing on the story of Darwin's religious doubts, scholars too often overlook Darwin's positive contribution to the study of religion. J. David Pleins traces Darwin's journey in five steps. He begins with Darwin's global voyage, where his encounter with religious and cultural diversity transformed his understanding of religion. Surprisingly, Darwin wrestles with serious theological questions even as he uncovers the evolutionary layers of religion from savage roots. Next, we follow Darwin as his doubts about traditional biblical religion take root, affecting his career choice and marriage to Emma Wedgwood. Pleins then examines Darwin's secret notebooks as he searches for a materialist theory of religion. Again, other surprises loom as Darwin's reading of Comte's three stages of religion's development actually predate his reading of Malthus. Pleins explores how Darwin applied his discovery to the realm of ethics by formulating an evolutionary view of the "Golden Rule" in his Descent of Man. Finally, he considers Darwin's later reflections on the religion question, as he wrestled with whether his views led to atheism, agnosticism, or a new kind of theism. The Evolving God concludes by looking at some of the current religious debates surrounding Darwin and suggests the need for a deeper appreciation for Darwin as a religious thinker. Though he grew skeptical of traditional Christian dogma, Darwin made key discoveries concerning the role and function of religion as a natural evolutionary phenomenon.
The Natural History Of Religion
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Author : David Hume
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 1957
The Natural History Of Religion written by David Hume and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1957 with Religion categories.
Originally published in London in 1956 by A. and C. Black Ltd.