The Believing Primate: Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Reflections on the Origin of ReligionJeffrey Schloss, Michael Murray OUP Oxford, 2009 M03 12 - 384 páginas 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 seen as potentially constituting a threat to the religion they analyse. The Believing Primate aims to describe and discuss these scientific accounts as well as to assess their implications. The volume begins with essays by leading scientists in the field, describing these accounts and discussing evidence in their favour. Philosophical and theological reflections on these accounts follow, offered by leading philosophers, theologians, and scientists. This diverse group of scholars address some fascinating underlying questions: Do scientific accounts of religion undermine the justification of religious belief? Do such accounts show religion to be an accidental by-product of our evolutionary development? And, whilst we seem naturally disposed toward religion, would we fare better or worse without it? Bringing together dissenting perspectives, this provocative collection will serve to freshly illuminate ongoing debate on these perennial questions. |
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... Idea (New York: Simon and Shuster, 1995). Contrary to many criticisms, Dennett does not wed his evolutionary examination of religion in Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon (New York: Viking Penguin, 2006) with the ...
... Idea (New York: Simon and Shuster, 1995). Contrary to many criticisms, Dennett does not wed his evolutionary examination of religion in Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon (New York: Viking Penguin, 2006) with the ...
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... ideas presented in these venues.4 We want to thank the John Templeton Foundation and Calvin College for their generous funding of this project and also Emory University, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, St Edmunds College ...
... ideas presented in these venues.4 We want to thank the John Templeton Foundation and Calvin College for their generous funding of this project and also Emory University, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, St Edmunds College ...
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... ideas that survive contribute to advance : it is the winnowing process and not just the winning proposals that ... idea of “ nature ” is shaped by the prior assumptions of the observer . One does not “ observe ” nature ; one constructs ...
... ideas that survive contribute to advance : it is the winnowing process and not just the winning proposals that ... idea of “ nature ” is shaped by the prior assumptions of the observer . One does not “ observe ” nature ; one constructs ...
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... ideas are virus - like memes that multiply by infecting the gullible brains of children ' ( Dawkins 2007 : 205 ; Dennett 2006 ) . Famously , faith is one of the world's great evils , comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to ...
... ideas are virus - like memes that multiply by infecting the gullible brains of children ' ( Dawkins 2007 : 205 ; Dennett 2006 ) . Famously , faith is one of the world's great evils , comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to ...
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... idea of memes in The Selfish Gene with the exuberant exhortation : ' We have the power to defy the selfish genes of our birth ... something that has no place in nature , something that has never existed before in the whole history of ...
... idea of memes in The Selfish Gene with the exuberant exhortation : ' We have the power to defy the selfish genes of our birth ... something that has no place in nature , something that has never existed before in the whole history of ...
Contenido
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Cognitive Adaptations for Religious Behavior | 44 |
3 Cognitive Science Religion and Theology | 76 |
4 Is Religion Adaptive? Yes No Neutral But Mostly We Dont Know | 100 |
5 Religious Belief as an Evolutionary Accident | 118 |
Some Thoughts on Paul Blooms Religious Belief as an Evolutionary Accident | 128 |
7 Games Scientists Play | 139 |
10 Explaining Religious Experience | 200 |
Where Science and Religion Fuse | 215 |
How Much Can Biology Explain? | 246 |
A Philosophical and Theological Appraisal | 265 |
14 Moral Psychology and the Misunderstanding of Religion | 278 |
15 Does Naturalism Warrant a Moral Belief in Universal Benevolence and Human Rights? | 292 |
Narrowing but Not Yet Bridging the Gap | 318 |
Bibliography | 339 |
8 Scientific Explanations of Religion and the Justification of Religious Belief | 168 |
Explaining and Explaining Away | 179 |
Index | 363 |
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