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A Natural History of Natural Theology : The Cognitive Science of Theology and Philosophy of Religion.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : MIT Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (265 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780262326834
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: A Natural History of Natural TheologyDDC classification:
  • 210
LOC classification:
  • BL183 -- .D4 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Natural Theology and Natural History -- 2 The Naturalness of Religious Beliefs -- 3 Intuitions about God's Knowledge: Anthropomorphism or Preparedness? -- 4 Teleology, the Design Stance, and the Argument from Design -- 5 The Cosmological Argument and Intuitions about Causality and Agency -- 6 The Moral Argument in the Light of Evolutionary Ethics -- 7 The Argument from Beauty and the Evolutionary Basis of Aesthetic Experience -- 8 The Argument from Miracles and the Cognitive Science of Religious Testimony -- 9 The Natural History of Religion and the Rationality of Religious Beliefs -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Summary: An examination of the cognitive foundations of intuitions about the existence and attributes of God.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Natural Theology and Natural History -- 2 The Naturalness of Religious Beliefs -- 3 Intuitions about God's Knowledge: Anthropomorphism or Preparedness? -- 4 Teleology, the Design Stance, and the Argument from Design -- 5 The Cosmological Argument and Intuitions about Causality and Agency -- 6 The Moral Argument in the Light of Evolutionary Ethics -- 7 The Argument from Beauty and the Evolutionary Basis of Aesthetic Experience -- 8 The Argument from Miracles and the Cognitive Science of Religious Testimony -- 9 The Natural History of Religion and the Rationality of Religious Beliefs -- Notes -- References -- Index.

An examination of the cognitive foundations of intuitions about the existence and attributes of God.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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