Why religion is natural and science is not / / Robert N. McCauley
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| Autore: |
McCauley Robert N
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| Titolo: |
Why religion is natural and science is not / / Robert N. McCauley
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, c2011 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (352 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 201/.65 |
| Soggetto topico: | Religion and science |
| Psychology, Religious | |
| Cognition and culture | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Why religion is natural and science is not |
| ISBN: | 0-19-991230-0 |
| 1-283-29702-7 | |
| 9786613297020 | |
| 0-19-982727-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910827706703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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