Naturalism, Theism and the Cognitive Study of Religion : Religion Explained?

Aku Visala

ISBN 10: 140942426X / ISBN 13: 9781409424260

Editore: Taylor & Francis Aug 2011, 2011

Neuware - This book provides a critical philosophical analysis of the claim that contemporary cognitive approaches to religion undermine theistic beliefs. The book argues that such naturalism is not necessary for the cognitive study of religion and develops an alternative philosophical and methodological framework. This unique contribution to discussions regarding the philosophical and theological implications of the cognitive study of religion summarizes the so far fragmentary discussion, exposes its underlying assumptions, and develops a novel framework for further discussion. Codice articolo 9781409424260

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This book provides a critical philosophical analysis of the claim that contemporary cognitive approaches to religion undermine theistic beliefs. Recent scientific work into the evolution and cognition of religion has been driven by and interpreted in terms of a certain kind of philosophical and methodological naturalism. The book argues that such naturalism is not necessary for the cognitive study of religion and develops an alternative philosophical and methodological framework. This alternative framework opens the cognitive study of religion to theological and philosophical considerations and clarifies its relationship to other approaches to religious phenomena. This unique contribution to discussions regarding the philosophical and theological implications of the cognitive study of religion summarizes the so far fragmentary discussion, exposes its underlying assumptions, and develops a novel framework for further discussion.

Informazioni sull'autore: Visiting Fellow, Centre for Anthropology and Mind, University of Oxford, UK

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Titolo: Naturalism, Theism and the Cognitive Study ...
Casa editrice: Taylor & Francis Aug 2011
Data di pubblicazione: 2011
Legatura: Buch
Condizione: Neu