Arguing from Cognitive Science of Religion

Is Religious Belief Debunked?

Hans Van Eyghen (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

208 Seiten

2020
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-10029-9 (ISBN)

Infos

This book considers whether recent theories from Cognitive Science of Religion (CSR) undermine the epistemic status of religious belief. After introducing the key theories in the growing area of CSR, Hans Van Eyghen explores some of the epistemic questions surrounding CSR, including: Is CSR incompatible with the truth of religious belief? How might CSR show that religious belief is unreliably formed? And, finally, does CSR undermine the justification of religious belief by religious experiences? In addressing these questions, he demonstrates how CSR does not undermine the epistemic bases for religious belief.

This book offers a clear and concise overview of the current state of cognitive science of religion and will be of particular interest to scholars working in philosophy and epistemology of religion.

Autor

Hans Van Eyghen completed his PhD at VU Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Inhalt

Introduction: Arguing from Cognitive Science of Religion
1. Introduction: What is debunking?
2. What is religious belief?
3. The Cognitive Science of Religion (CSR)
4. Are CSR and religious beliefs incompatible?
5. Does CSR show that supernatural belief is unreliably formed?
6. Does CSR undermine religious experiences?
7. Does CSR undermine the Consensus Gentium Argument?
8. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 03.04.2020
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 138 x 216 mm
• Gewicht: 358 g
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
• ISBN-10: 1-350-10029-3 / 1350100293
• ISBN-13: 978-1-350-10029-9 / 9781350100299
• Zustand: Neuware