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The cognitive science of religion: Implications for morality
Filosofia Unisinos, 2018 A cognitive scientific approach to religion reveals the moral role of religion in human evolutionary history and provides insight into the continuing influence of religion in human affairs.
John Teehan
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Zygon, 2014 Although I certainly have differences with some of my commentators, I am grateful for the time, effort, and attention that each has devoted to my book, Why Religion Is Natural and Science Is Not.
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Davidsonian semantic theory and cognitive science of religion
Filosofia Unisinos, 2018 This article investigates the extent to which the cognitive science of religion (CSR) and Donald Davidson’s semantic holism (DSH) harmonize. We first characterize CSR, philosophical semantics (and more specifically DSH).
Mark Quentin Gardiner, Steven Engler
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CRITICAL REMARKS ON THE COGNITIVE SCIENCE OF RELIGION
Zygon, 2020 Cognitive explanations of religious beliefs propose an evolutionary past in which humans had to possess certain cognitive adaptations to survive.
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STEPS TOWARD A COGNITIVE SCIENCE OF RELIGION
Zygon, 2008 The article chronicles the different panels devoted tothe cognitive science of religion at the meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR) in Tampa, Florida, in November 2007.
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Religion as Orienting Worldview
Zygon, 2001 Religions are complex, and any attempt at defining religion necessarily falls short. Nevertheless, any scholarly inquiry into the nature of religion must use some criteria in order to evaluate and study the character of religious traditions across ...
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Cognitive Evolution and Religion; Cognition and Religious Evolution
Etnoantropološki Problemi, 2008 This paper presents contemporary cognitive approaches to the evolution of religious beliefs. Arguments are put forward that different types of beliefs, or ‘modes of religiosity’, occur as a result of a number of evolutionary factors (biological, cultural,
Harvey Whitehouse
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DEBUNKING ARGUMENTS GAIN LITTLE FROM COGNITIVE SCIENCE OF RELIGION
Zygon, 2021 Cognitive science of religion (CSR) has inspired a number of debunking arguments against god‐belief. They aim to show that the belief‐forming processes that underlie belief in god(s) are unreliable.
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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2020 The cognitive science of religion (CSR) is an emerging field of cognitive science that gathers insights from different disciplines to explain how humans acquire and transmit religious beliefs.
Sayyed M. Biabanaki
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