The Philosophy and Semantics of the Cognitive Science of Religion
This article brings philosophy into dialogue with cognitive science of religion (CSR). After a brief overview of CSR and theories of meaning, we explore the philosophical semantic constraints of CSR. We focus on how the beliefs and behaviours of religious adherents, as conceived by CSR, can be meani...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2015]
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Journal for the cognitive science of religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 3, Issue: 1, Pages: 7-35 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Kognitive Religionswissenschaft
/ Religious philosophy
/ Semantics
/ Externalism
/ Holism
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AE Psychology of religion |
| Further subjects: | B
theory of religion
B Holism B Semantics B Externalism B cognitive science of religion B cognitive theory B Philosophy |
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| Summary: | This article brings philosophy into dialogue with cognitive science of religion (CSR). After a brief overview of CSR and theories of meaning, we explore the philosophical semantic constraints of CSR. We focus on how the beliefs and behaviours of religious adherents, as conceived by CSR, can be meaningful in ways that illuminate the scholar's understanding of religious phenomena. We argue that CSR is committed to an externalist and holistic semantics. This highlights a potentially problematic tension between the beliefs of religious people and the explanations proposed by CSR. We end by suggesting that this tension could be resolved if CSR were to give more attention to external factors (e.g., biological, cultural, environmental etc.). |
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| ISSN: | 2049-7563 |
| Reference: | Kritik in "Philosophy, Belief and Cognitive Science of Religion (2015)"
Kritik in "The Only Way to Get Hold of Philosophical Assumptions in CSR Is to Analyze Them (2015)" Kritik in "How the Philosophy of Language Should Equal Meta-Cognition of the Cognitive Science of Religion (2015)" Kritik in "Explanation, Religion and Science (2015)" Kritik in "Missing the Boat (2015)" Kritik in "Don't Forget about Pragmatics! (2015)" |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the cognitive science of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/jcsr.v3i1.21033 |