What If the Human Mind Evolved for Nonrational Thought? An Anthropological Perspective
Our knowledge of the evolution of human thought is limited not only by the nature of the evidence, but also by the values we bring to the authoritative scientific study of our ancestors. The tendency to see human thought as linear progress in rational (i.e., problem-solving) capacities has been popu...
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| Language: | English |
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Open Library of Humanities$s2024-
[2017]
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Zygon
Year: 2017, Volume: 52, Issue: 3, Pages: 790-806 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Human being
/ Thinking
/ Rise of
/ Irrationality
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AD Sociology of religion; religious policy CF Christianity and Science |
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Language
B Cultural Evolution B Human Nature B Science B Anthropology B Evolution |
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