Revising Cognitive and Evolutionary Science of Religion : Religion as an Adaptation /
This unique and pioneering book critically appraises current work from both the cognitive science of religion and the evolutionary study of religion. It addresses the question: Why does the believer possess supernatural or religious beliefs in the combined context of his cognitive biases, their adap...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2021.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2021. |
| Series: | New Approaches to the Scientific Study of Religion ,
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Chapter1. Cognitive approach to the study of religion: basic concepts and theories
- Chapter2. Adaptationist account and pragmatic usefulness of religion
- Chapter3. Content biases versus context biases and the critique of intuitiveness and naturalness of religion
- Chapter4. Religion and biological evolution: what is right and what is wrong in Darwinian approach to the study of religion
- Chapter5. Religion and cultural evolution. Does supernatural punishment matter for evolution of altruism and cooperation?
- Chapter6. The challenge of atheism and non-belief for cognitive and evolutionary approach
- Chapter7. Why adaptationist account is better than cognitive one but both of them do not provide sufficient explanatory frameworks to explain religion
- Conclusion.