A Critical Examination of Pascal Boyer’s Religion Explained The Evolutionary Origins of Religious Thought
Behind its theoretical and scientific ambition, Pascal Boyer’s work mobilizes several ideas and notions (starting with that of “religion”) that belong to the old Western cultural tradition. It is precisely this ideological substratum and its indispensable cognitive “crutches” that this article seeks...
| Published in: | Method & theory in the study of religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2020]
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| In: |
Method & theory in the study of religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Boyer, Pascal, Religion explained
/ Religion
/ Rise of
/ Theory of evolution
/ Kognitive Religionswissenschaft
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| IxTheo Classification: | AA Study of religion AE Psychology of religion |
| Further subjects: | B
Pascal Boyer
B Religion B Inference B cognitive science of religion |
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| Summary: | Behind its theoretical and scientific ambition, Pascal Boyer’s work mobilizes several ideas and notions (starting with that of “religion”) that belong to the old Western cultural tradition. It is precisely this ideological substratum and its indispensable cognitive “crutches” that this article seeks to identify. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0682 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Method & theory in the study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700682-12341486 |