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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781751303321

Autore

McCauley Robert N

Titolo

Why religion is natural and science is not [[electronic resource] /] / Robert N. McCauley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c2011

ISBN

0-19-991230-0

1-283-29702-7

9786613297020

0-19-982727-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (352 p.)

Disciplina

201/.65

Soggetti

Religion and science

Psychology, Religious

Cognition and culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Natural cognition -- Maturational naturalness -- Unnatural science -- Natural religion -- Surprising consequences.

Sommario/riassunto

The battle between religion and science, competing methods of knowing ourselves and our world, has been raging for many centuries. Now scientists themselves are looking at cognitive foundations of religion--and arriving at some surprising conclusions. Over the course of the past two decades, scholars have employed insights gleaned from cognitive science, evolutionary biology, and related disciplines to illuminate the study of religion. In Why Religion is Natural and Science Is Not, Robert N. McCauley, one of the founding fathers of the cognitive science of religion, argues that our minds are b