Reduction, Explanation, and the New Science of Religion
In this essay, we set out to survey and critically assess various attitudes and understandings of reductionism as it appears in discussions regarding the scientific study of religion. Our objective in the essay is twofold. First, we articulate what we will refer to as three meta-interpretative fra...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Netherlands
[2015]
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Sophia
Year: 2015, Volume: 54, Issue: 1, Pages: 47-60 |
| RelBib Classification: | AA Study of religion AE Psychology of religion |
| Further subjects: | B
Explanation
B Reductionism B scientific study of religion |
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| Summary: | In this essay, we set out to survey and critically assess various attitudes and understandings of reductionism as it appears in discussions regarding the scientific study of religion. Our objective in the essay is twofold. First, we articulate what we will refer to as three meta-interpretative frameworks, which summarize the distinct positions one can witness in response to the explanations coming out of research within the new science of religion. Second, and more importantly, we seek to demonstrate that under no sensible interpretation of the notion of reduction do the explanations provide a basis for defending one of the meta-interpretative frameworks rather than another. |
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| ISSN: | 1873-930X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sophia
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11841-014-0438-9 |