In recent decades, some of the best work on the origins of religion deal with the cognitive architecture which supports supernatural beliefs. Most researchers in this area think that supernatural or religious thinking naturally arises from the workings of the brain-mind. Seen from this perspective, religion is a “byproduct” of normal cognition. There was not, [...]
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Why “Cognition and Religion”?
February 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Cognition
Tags:agency attribution·byproduct theorists·cognition·dualism·pattern imposition
