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Konrad Talmont-Kaminski - Religion as Magical Ideology, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

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Religion as Magical Ideology

How the Supernatural Reflects Rationality

Av Konrad Talmont-Kaminski

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'Religion as Magical Ideology' examines the relationship between rationality and supernatural beliefs arguing that such beliefs are products of evolution, cognition and culture. The book does not offer a false rapprochement between reason and religion; instead, it explores their interrelationship as a series of complex adaptations between cognitive and cultural processes. Exploring the nature of the tension between religious traditions and reason, 'Religion as Magical Ideology' develops a dual inheritance theory of religion - which combines the cognitive byproduct and prosocial adaptation accounts - and analyses the connection between the function of a belief and the degree of protection it gets from potential counter-evidence. With discussion ranging from individual cognitive mechanisms, general functional considerations, to the limits of evolutionary and cognitive processes, the book offers readers a systematic account of how cognition shapes religious beliefs and practices.
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Konrad Talmont-Kaminski is Assistant Professor at the University of Finance and Management in Warsaw and is co-editor of "Regarding Mind, Naturally" and "Beyond Description: Naturalism and Normativity".

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"A philosophical naturalist's delight, this book - crisply written and carefully argued - weaves together insights about evolution, mind, and society to explain how religions work and how secularisation threatens them." - Robert N. McCauley, Emory University "Konrad Talmont-Kaminski offers a very thoughtful and thought-provoking critique of the field and an alternative approach to magic, religion, and science that should spark some debate and further research - Talmont-Kaminski has thrown down a challenge to the mainstream of anthropological thought about religion, and it is a challenge that we necessarily and gladly pick up." - Anthropology Review Database

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