The naturalness of religious ideas : a cognitive theory of religion /
Why do people have religious ideas? And why "those"religious 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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
1994
Berkeley : [1994], ©1994 Berkeley : c1994 Berkeley : [1994] |
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| Summary: | Why do people have religious ideas? And why "those"religious 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 |
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| Item Description: | This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |
| Physical Description: | 324 p xv, 324 p. ; 24 cm xv, 324 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-313) and index Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-313) and index Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0520075595 (hard : alk. paper) 0520075595 9780520075597 (hard : alk. paper) 9780520075597 |