Religion and the Human Mind: Philosophical Perspectives on the Cognitive Science of Religion
Neue Zeitschrift für Systematicsche Theologie Und Religionsphilosophie 50 (2):109-130 (2008)
Abstract
SUMMARYThe cognitive science of religion is a multi-disciplinary research program that attempts to integrate the study of religion with behavioural sciences such as cognitive sciences. Such integration raises several methodological questions that concern, for example, the nature of the relationship between psychology and social life, the autonomy of the study of religion and the role of causal explanations in social sciences. This article examines the methodological assumptions of the cognitive science of religion and analyses possible drawbacks as well as advantages of a naturalistic study of religion. Finally, this article argues that we should allow different kinds of methodological frameworks in the study of religionDOI
10.1515/nzst.2008.009
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