Storytellers and Scenario Spinners: Some Reflections on Religion and Science in Light of a Pragmatic, Evolutionary Theory of Knowledge
Asserting that both scientists and religious thinkers are involved in telling stories about the past and spinning scenarios about the future, I first compare and contrast the purposes of scientific and religious storytelling. Then, in light of some recent work on brain and language evolution, I offe...
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Type de support: | Électronique Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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Wiley-Blackwell
1997
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Zygon
Année: 1997, Volume: 32, Numéro: 4, Pages: 465-489 |
Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Empirical Theology
B Pragmatism B theology and science B brain evolution B Human Evolution B evolutionary epistemology B Creativity |
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Résumé: | Asserting that both scientists and religious thinkers are involved in telling stories about the past and spinning scenarios about the future, I first compare and contrast the purposes of scientific and religious storytelling. Then, in light of some recent work on brain and language evolution, I offer a possible story about how humans might have become storytellers. Finally, I discuss how religious stories might be evaluated pragmatically and even scientifically by developing Lakatosian-type research programs. |
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ISSN: | 1467-9744 |
Contient: | Enthalten in: Zygon
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/0591-2385.00107 |