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: 1 online resource (380 p.)
• Disciplina: 200; 201.65
• Soggetto topico: Religion; Human evolution - Religious aspects
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: MurrayMichael J SchlossJeffrey
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-362) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Belief9. 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 GapBibliography; 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. - ;Over the last two decades, scientific accounts of religion have received a great deal of scholarly and popular attention both because of their intrinsic interest and because they are widely as constituting a threat to the religion they analyse. The Believing Primate aims to describe and discuss these scientific accoun
• Titolo autorizzato: The believing primate
• ISBN: 0-19-156784-1; 9786611975760; 1-281-97576-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465076803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II