Critical Remarks on the Cognitive Science of Religion
Cognitive explanations of religious beliefs propose an evolutionary past in which humans had to possess certain cognitive adaptations to survive. The aim of this article is to show that some cognitive accounts may overvalue the putative role of cognition. One such cognitive idea is an assumption tha...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Open Library of Humanities$s2024-
[2020]
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Zygon
Year: 2020, Volume: 55, Issue: 1, Pages: 157-184 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Kognitive Religionswissenschaft
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| RelBib Classification: | AA Study of religion AE Psychology of religion |
| Further subjects: | B
Cultural Evolution
B adaptationism B proximate explanation B cognitive science of religion B Ultimate Explanation B Functionalism |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (doi) |