Two Types of “Explaining Away” Arguments in the Cognitive Science of Religion
This article discusses “explaining away” arguments in the cognitive science of religion (CSR). I distinguish two rather different ways of explaining away religion, one where religion is shown to be incompatible with scientific findings (EA1) and one where supernatural entities are rendered superfluo...
| Subtitles: | Cognitive science of religion: explaining religion away? |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
[2016]
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| In: |
Zygon
Year: 2016, Volume: 51, Issue: 4, Pages: 966-982 |
| Further subjects: | B
Atheism
B explaining away B cognitive science of religion B Naturalism B Kognitive Religionswissenschaft |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (doi) |
