A natural history of natural theology : the cognitive science of theology and philosophy of religion

A natural history of natural theology : the cognitive science of theology and philosophy of religion / Helen De Cruz and Johan De Smedt.

"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, occurr...

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Main Author: De Cruz, Helen, 1978-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Natural theology.
God > Proof.
Cognition.
Religion > Philosophy.
cognition.
PHILOSOPHY > Religious.
Cognition
God > Proof
Natural theology
Religion > Philosophy
Natürliche Theologie
Religion
Philosophie
Philosophy & Religion.
Religion - General.
Religion.
Naturlig teologi.
Gudsbevis.
Kognition.
Religionsfilosofi.
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Table of Contents:
  • Natural theology and natural history
  • The naturalness of religious beliefs
  • Intuitions about god's knowledge: anthropomorphism or preparedness?
  • Teleology, the design stance, and the argument from design
  • The cosmological argument and intuitions about causality and agency
  • The moral argument in the light of evolutionary ethics
  • The argument from beauty and the evolutionary basis of aesthetic experience
  • The argument from miracles and the cognitive science of religious testimony
  • The natural history of religion and the rationality of religious beliefs.

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