The Arts Transform The Cognitive Science of Religion
The Cognitive Science of Religion (CSR) is becoming increasingly experimental. Its methods are winning the hearts of next-generation humanities scholars of religion. Yet many present-generation humanities scholars of religion remain unaware of recent advances and have yet to participate. I hope to p...
| Published in: | Journal for the cognitive science of religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox Publ.
[2013]
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| In: |
Journal for the cognitive science of religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Kognitive Religionswissenschaft
/ The Humanities
/ Scientific cooperation
/ Experiment
/ Methodology
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| RelBib Classification: | AA Study of religion AE Psychology of religion |
| Further subjects: | B
Cognitive Science
B Multilevel modeling B Religious Studies B Ritual B Evolution |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | The Cognitive Science of Religion (CSR) is becoming increasingly experimental. Its methods are winning the hearts of next-generation humanities scholars of religion. Yet many present-generation humanities scholars of religion remain unaware of recent advances and have yet to participate. I hope to persuade such scholars that it is worth attempting collaborative science. CSR research will benefit from a fuller participation of mature humanities scholars of religion because their training affords a rich knowledge of religious facts. By the same token, humanities scholars of religion should be interested in scientific approaches because cumulative intellectual progress in every empirical discipline relies on hypothesis-driven research. My argument comes in three parts. First, I clarify the exciting possibilities for cumulative intellectual progress that hypothesis-driven research uniquely affords. Second, I describe recent advances from humanities/CSR collaborations, hazarding a few predictions about what to expect next. Third, I offer practical advice to humanities scholars about how to pursue productive CSR collaborations. |
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| ISSN: | 2049-7563 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the cognitive science of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/jcsr.v1i2.141 |