TY - CHAP
T1 - Cognitive Science of Religion and the Cognitive Consequences of Sin
AU - van den Brink, G.
AU - van Eyghen, H.M.R.A.
AU - Peels, R.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - This paper explores the relation between evolutionary explanations of religious belief and a core idea in both classical Christian theology and (among other philosophical streams of thought) Reformed Epistemology, namely that humans have fallen into sin. In particular, it challenges the claim made by De Cruz and De Smedt (2012) that ‘(..) in the light of current evolutionary and cognitive theories, the Reformed epistemological view of NES [the noetic effects of sin] is in need of revision.’ Three possible solutions to this conundrum are examined, two of which are shown to be plausible.
AB - This paper explores the relation between evolutionary explanations of religious belief and a core idea in both classical Christian theology and (among other philosophical streams of thought) Reformed Epistemology, namely that humans have fallen into sin. In particular, it challenges the claim made by De Cruz and De Smedt (2012) that ‘(..) in the light of current evolutionary and cognitive theories, the Reformed epistemological view of NES [the noetic effects of sin] is in need of revision.’ Three possible solutions to this conundrum are examined, two of which are shown to be plausible.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85101639636
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85101639636#tab=citedBy
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-90239-5_11
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-90239-5_11
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9783319902388
T3 - New Approaches to the Scientific Study of Religion
SP - 199
EP - 214
BT - New Developments in the Cognitive Science of Religion
A2 - van Eyghen, Hans
A2 - Peels, Rik
A2 - van den Brink, Gijsbert
PB - Springer International Publishing AG
CY - Cham
ER -