Evolutionary accounts of belief in supernatural punishment: a critical review
Although largely unaddressed by evolutionary theory for more than a century after Darwin, over the last decade a wide range of adaptationist, byproduct, and memetic explanations have emerged for various recurrent features of religious belief and practice. One feature that has figured prominently in...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Routledge
2011
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Religion, brain & behavior
Year: 2011, Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Pages: 46-99 |
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cheater punishment
B moralizing gods B evolution of religion B cognitive science of religion B afterlife beliefs B error management theory B human cooperation B supernatural punishment |
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