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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820416903321

Autore

Schloss

Titolo

The believing primate [[electronic resource] ] : scientific, philosophical, and theological reflections on the origin of religion / / edited by Jeffrey Schloss and Michael J. Murray

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

9780191567841

0191567841

0-19-170171-8

1-281-97576-1

0-19-156784-1

9786611975760

Descrizione fisica

xii, 365 p. : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

MurrayMichael J

SchlossJeffrey

Disciplina

200

Soggetti

Religion

Human evolution - Religious aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-362) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- 1. Hand of God, Mind of Man: Punishment and Cognition in the Evolution of Cooperation -- 2. Religiosity as Mental Time-travel: Cognitive Adaptations for Religious Behavior -- 3. Cognitive Science, Religion, and Theology -- 4. Is Religion Adaptive? Yes, No, Neutral. But Mostly We Don't Know -- 5. Religious Belief as an Evolutionary Accident -- 6. Explaining Belief in the Supernatural: Some Thoughts on Paul Bloom's 'Religious Belief as an Evolutionary Accident' -- 7. Games Scientists Play -- 8. Scientific Explanations of Religion and the Justification of Religious Belief -- 9. Evolutionary Accounts of Religion: Explaining and Explaining Away -- 10. Explaining Religious Experience -- 11. Humanness in their Hearts: Where Science and Religion Fuse -- 12. Theology and Evolution: How Much Can Biology Explain? -- 13. Cognitive Science and the Evolution of Religion: A Philosophical and Theological Appraisal -- 14. Moral Psychology and the



Misunderstanding of Religion -- 15. Does Naturalism Warrant a Moral Belief in Universal Benevolence and Human Rights? -- 16. Evolutionary Social Constructivism: Narrowing (but Not Yet Bridging) the Gap -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

Sommario/riassunto

Scientific accounts of religion have received a great deal of scholarly and popular attention. The Believing Primate draws on the expertise of scientists, philosophers, and theologians, from across a wide spectrum of debate, to describe and discuss current scientific accounts.