What is transcendence, how did it evolve, and is it beneficial?
Transcendence is an important subject of investigation within the scientific study of religion and beyond, and as such, presents a Hilbert problem that must be addressed. We lay out three subcomponents of this problem: (1) what is transcendence; (2) what are its evolutionary antecedents; and (3) is...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Routledge
2017
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Religion, brain & behavior
Year: 2017, Volume: 7, Issue: 4, Pages: 361-365 |
Further subjects: | B
Selflessness
B Hilbert problem B Transcendence B Evolutionary Psychology |
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Summary: | Transcendence is an important subject of investigation within the scientific study of religion and beyond, and as such, presents a Hilbert problem that must be addressed. We lay out three subcomponents of this problem: (1) what is transcendence; (2) what are its evolutionary antecedents; and (3) is it beneficial? We argue that transcendence should primarily be understood as a psychological state of "selflessness" whose evolutionary antecedents suggest four semi-distinct types of transcendence (see Gorelik, G. (2016). The evolution of transcendence. Evolutionary Psychological Science, 2 (4), 287307.): (1) social transcendence, (2) theory of mind (ToM) transcendence, (3) aesthetic transcendence, and (4) epistemic transcendence. We conclude with some thoughts on the dangers of transcendence. |
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ISSN: | 2153-5981 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Religion, brain & behavior
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/2153599X.2016.1249928 |