Religion Explained (Paperback)

Pascal Boyer

ISBN 10: 0099282763 / ISBN 13: 9780099282761

Editore: Vintage Publishing, London, 2002

Paperback. A brilliant and provocative exploration of the nature of human religious belief, and what it can tell us about human psychology and evolution.Why are there religious beliefs in all cultures? Do they have features in common and why does religion persist in the face of science? Pascal Boyer shows how experimental findings in cognitive science, evolutionary biology and cultural anthropology are now providing precise answers to these general questions, and providing, for the first time, real answers to the question: Why do we believe? An exploration of the nature of human religious belief, and what it can tell us about human psychology and evolution. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9780099282761

Riassunto:

Why are there religious beliefs in all cultures? Do they have features in common and why does religion persist in the face of science? Pascal Boyer shows how experimental findings in cognitive science, evolutionary biology and cultural anthropology are now providing precise answers to these general questions, and providing, for the first time, real answers to the question: Why do we believe?

Informazioni sull'autore: Formerly at Princeton, King's College, Cambridge and the University of Lyon, Pascal Boyer is Professor of Anthropology at Washington University in St Louis, Missouri, USA and a Guggenheim Fellow.

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Titolo: Religion Explained (Paperback)
Casa editrice: Vintage Publishing, London
Data di pubblicazione: 2002
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: new