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The Naturalness of Religious Ideas. A Cognitive Theory of Religion.
Pascal Boyer
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hardcover. The main theme of this treatise is that important aspects of religious representation are constrained by the human mind. The author uses experimental results from developmental psychology to explain why certain religious representations are acquired and stored in the brain. Num Pages: 342 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
Why do people have religious ideas? And why thosereligious ideas? The main theme of Pascal Boyer's work is that important aspects of religious representations are constrained by universal properties of the human mind-brain. Experimental results from developmental psychology, he says, can explain why certain religious representations are more likely to be acquired, stored, and transmitted by human minds. Considering these universal constraints, Boyer proposes an exciting new answer to the question of why similar religious representations are found in so many different cultures. His work will be widely discussed by cultural anthropologists, psychologists, and students of religion, history, and philosophy. ... Read more
Why do people have religious ideas? And why thosereligious ideas? The main theme of Pascal Boyer's work is that important aspects of religious representations are constrained by universal properties of the human mind-brain. Experimental results from developmental psychology, he says, can explain why certain religious representations are more likely to be acquired, stored, and transmitted by human minds. Considering these universal constraints, Boyer proposes an exciting new answer to the question of why similar religious representations are found in so many different cultures. His work will be widely discussed by cultural anthropologists, psychologists, and students of religion, history, and philosophy. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
Number of Pages
342
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520075597
SKU
V9780520075597
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About Pascal Boyer
Pascal Boyer, Senior Research Fellow in Cultural Anthropology at King's College, University of Cambridge, is the author of Tradition as Truth and Communication (1990).
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