evolution of religionmoral cognitiontheory of religionBiological theories of religious belief are sometimes understood to undermine the very beliefs they are describing, proposing an alternative explanation for the causes of belief different from that given by religious believers themselves. This article ...
- 《Journal of Religion & Health》 被引量: 100发表: 2010年 Beliefs About God and Mental Health Among American Adults This study examines the association between beliefs about God and psychiatric symptoms in the context of Evolutionary Threat Assessment System Theory, usin... NR Silton,KJ ...
Hamilton’s kin selection theory. Each spouse values his or her siblings and other relatives, but the sibling of one is unrelated to the other. Hence inclusive fitness functions conflict Conflict returns, though muted. More trouble in Eden ...
. Rather the goal is to unconditionally revisit and reconsider religion within the incontrovertible theory of evolution. Many academics are, in fact, doing that today, but the results are insufficient. We still lack an overall theory of religion. I urge you to consider the theory espoused here...
Understanding religion requires explaining why supernatural beliefs, devotions, and rituals are both universal and variable across cultures, and why religi... S Atran,J Henrich - 《Biological Theory》 被引量: 350发表: 2010年 The ultra‐social animal In evolutionary perspective, what is most remarka...
In addition, important applications of cultural evolution theory have started to appear in diverse fields within the social sciences. A general evolutionary theory of cultural change, therefore, finally seems to be within reach. 展开 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/ 被引量: 2 ...
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Posted inEvolutionary Theory In the past it was believed that Evolution and Religion simply couldn’t co-exist as concepts. After all, evolution claims that all life on Earth descends from life. However, religion believes that life was put on this earth, particularly the human race, as a res...
Discusses developments in evolutionary ethics after the publication of `On the Origin of Species,' by Charles Darwin. Implications of Darwin's theory on human morality; Criticism and objection; Argument on the evolutionary explanations of altruism; Sociobiological approach to morality.Zygon:...
We review evolutionary explanations for three major puzzles of the human mind: altruism, religiosity, and self-enhancement. Human altruism reaches beyond reciprocity or close-kin care readily explained by game theory and genetic kin selection. Group selection is widely seen as too weak to lead to ...