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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 |
Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica: | xii, 365 p. : ill |
Disciplina: | 200 |
Soggetto topico: | Religion |
Human evolution - Religious aspects | |
Altri autori: | MurrayMichael J SchlossJeffrey |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | The believing primate |
ISBN: | 9780191567841 |
0191567841 | |
0-19-170171-8 | |
1-281-97576-1 | |
0-19-156784-1 | |
9786611975760 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910820416903321 |
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