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

Questions about the existence and attributes of God form the subject matter of natural theology, which seeks to gain knowledge of the divine by relying on reason and experience of the world. Arguments in natural theology rely largely on intuitions and inferences that seem natural to us, occurring sp...

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Main Authors De Cruz, Helen, De Smedt, Johan
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, MA The MIT Press 19.12.2014
MIT Press
Edition1
Subjects
Biological Sciences
Cognition
Cognitive Science
Cognitive Sciences
cognitive sciences/general
God
God > Proof
Natural theology
PHILOSOPHY
philosophy/general
Proof
Religion
Religion > Philosophy
Religious
SCIENCE
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1: Natural Theology and Natural History 2: The Naturalness of Religious Beliefs 3: Intuitions about Godʹs Knowledge: 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
  • 4 Teleology, the Design Stance, and the Argument from Design 3 Intuitions about God's Knowledge: Anthropomorphism or Preparedness? 2 The Naturalness of Religious Beliefs Cover Title Page, Copyright Page Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Natural Theology and Natural History Index References Notes 9 The Natural History of Religion and the Rationality of Religious Beliefs 8 The Argument from Miracles and the Cognitive Science of Religious Testimony 7 The Argument from Beauty and the Evolutionary Basis of Aesthetic Experience 6 The Moral Argument in the Light of Evolutionary Ethics 5 The Cosmological Argument and Intuitions about Causality and Agency
  • 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