Some Comments on the Alleged Innateness of Religion
This response assesses the claim that Barrett views religious beliefs as non-cultural entities that stem from “innate” cognitive systems “meant for” a “singular idea of God.” By briefly reviewing the literature and Barrett’s actual position—that people are especially sensitive to learning religious...
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| Формат: | Электронный ресурс Статья |
| Язык: | Английский |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Опубликовано: |
2017
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Method & theory in the study of religion
Год: 2017, Том: 29, Выпуск: 4/5, Страницы: 411-421 |
| Нормированные ключевые слова (последовательности): | B
Вера (мотив)
/ Врождённые идеи
/ Естественная религия
/ Kognitive Religionswissenschaft
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| Индексация IxTheo: | AA Религиоведение AE Психология религии |
| Другие ключевые слова: | B
Cognition
naturalness of religion
cognitive science of religion
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Volltext (Publisher) |
| Итог: | This response assesses the claim that Barrett views religious beliefs as non-cultural entities that stem from “innate” cognitive systems “meant for” a “singular idea of God.” By briefly reviewing the literature and Barrett’s actual position—that people are especially sensitive to learning religious beliefs by virtue of cognitive systems that function in domains more mundane than religion—I conclude that the target article misrepresents Barrett’s views about the naturalness of religion. |
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| Объем: | Online-Ressource |
| ISSN: | 1570-0682 |
| Reference: | Kommentar zu "Are People Born to be Believers, or are Gods Born to be Believed? (2017)"
Kommentar in "Reply to Commentaries on “Are People Born to be Believers, or are Gods Born to be Believed?” (2017)" |
| Второстепенные работы: | In: Method & theory in the study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700682-12341403 |
