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Neurobiological Theory of Religion

By hipkapi January 10, 2013 adhoc, Balagangadhara, basics, evolution, religion

You ask whether ‘in principle’ a neurobiological theory on religion could “account” for the experience of the believers. The answer depends on what kind of an account you are asking for and…

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Dawkin’s Delusion or The God Delusion?

By hipkapi June 23, 2012 adhoc, evolution, Jakob, secularization

While re-reading certain passages from Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion (2006), I was so shocked by his combination of ignorance and arrogance. Forgive me for some Dawkins- bashing: 1. In…

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Secularized Christian theology and evolutionary explanations of religion

By hipkapi June 23, 2012 adhoc, evolution, Jakob, secularization

1. People like Scott Atran and Sloan Wilson abuse evolutionary biology to produce ad hoc explanations of an explanandum whose truth they presuppose: the universality of religion. Their explanations are…

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Evolutionary explanations of religion: an exercise in petitio principii

By hipkapi June 23, 2012 adhoc, evolution, Jakob, secularization

1. It is very disappointing to see how these evolutionary theorists of religion lack knowledge of religions other than garden variety Judeo-Christianity (where they seem to have at least some…

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