Why add the supernatural?
A theme common to many of the essays is that of identifying the unique contribution that religion (specifially, supernatural thinking) adds to human social life. We argue that the contribution may have been efficiency. Supernatural thinking may have made cooperation easier to implement in human soci...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Routledge
2017
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Religion, brain & behavior
Jahr: 2017, Band: 7, Heft: 4, Seiten: 375-377 |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Signaling
B supernatural thinking B Cooperation B Human Evolution B partner choice |
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| Zusammenfassung: | A theme common to many of the essays is that of identifying the unique contribution that religion (specifially, supernatural thinking) adds to human social life. We argue that the contribution may have been efficiency. Supernatural thinking may have made cooperation easier to implement in human social groups. We explore this possiiblity in two areas: partner choice and parenting. |
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| ISSN: | 2153-5981 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Religion, brain & behavior
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/2153599X.2016.1249932 |