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The Fracture of an Illusion. Science and the Dissolution of Religion - Frankfurt Templeton Lectures 2008.
Boyer, Pascal. Ed(S): Achtner, Wolfgang; Grab-Schmidt, Elisabeth; Parker, Michael G.; Schmidt, Thomas M.
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Paperback. Takes the reader onto a journey through science and the dissolution of religion. The author argues that religion is largely an illusion. He traces religion's cognitive and evolutionary aspects. Editor(s): Achtner, Wolfgang; Grab-Schmidt, Elisabeth; Parker, Michael G.; Schmidt, Thomas M. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 204.
Pascal Boyer argues that religion is largely an illusion. The anthropologist traces religion's cognitive and evolutionary aspects. By "religion" he means a kind of existential and cognitive "package" that includes views about supernatural agency (gods), notions of morality, particular rituals and sometimes particular experiences, as well as membership in a particular community of believers. The package, however, does not really exist as such. Notions of supernatural agents, of morality, of ethnic identity, or ritual requirements and other experience, all appear in human minds independently. This implies that there is no such thing as a conflict between science and religion. Boyer ... Read more
Pascal Boyer argues that religion is largely an illusion. The anthropologist traces religion's cognitive and evolutionary aspects. By "religion" he means a kind of existential and cognitive "package" that includes views about supernatural agency (gods), notions of morality, particular rituals and sometimes particular experiences, as well as membership in a particular community of believers. The package, however, does not really exist as such. Notions of supernatural agents, of morality, of ethnic identity, or ritual requirements and other experience, all appear in human minds independently. This implies that there is no such thing as a conflict between science and religion. Boyer ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG Germany
Number of pages
112
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New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
, Germany
ISBN
9783525569405
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V9783525569405
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About Boyer, Pascal. Ed(S): Achtner, Wolfgang; Grab-Schmidt, Elisabeth; Parker, Michael G.; Schmidt, Thomas M.
Pascal Boyer, PhD, ist Henry Luce Professor of Individual and Collective Memory an der Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Er ist Psychologe, Anthropologe und Religionsphilosoph und hat Forschungsstellen an verschiedenen Universitäten weltweit. Dr. phil. Thomas M. Schmidt is Professor of Religious Philosophy at the Department of Catholic Theology at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt. Michael G. Parker, ... Read more
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