TY - CHAP
T1 - The Cognitive Science of Religion, Philosophy and Theology
T2 - A Survey of the Issues
AU - van den Brink, G.
AU - van Eyghen, H.M.R.A.
AU - Peels, R.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Cognitive Science of Religion (CSR) is still a rather young discipline. Depending on what one deems to be the first paper or book in the field, the discipline is now almost forty or almost thirty years old. Philosophical and theological discussion on CSR started in the late 2000s. From its onset, the main focus has been the (potential) epistemic consequences of CSR, and this focus is dominant even today. Some of those involved in the debate discussed the relevance of CSR for further issues in philosophy of religion, and other have examined how CSR weighs in on various theological questions. Finally, a small number of philosophers offered criticisms or support for various CSR-theories. In this chapter, we give an overview of the debates so far and provide an outline of the book.
AB - Cognitive Science of Religion (CSR) is still a rather young discipline. Depending on what one deems to be the first paper or book in the field, the discipline is now almost forty or almost thirty years old. Philosophical and theological discussion on CSR started in the late 2000s. From its onset, the main focus has been the (potential) epistemic consequences of CSR, and this focus is dominant even today. Some of those involved in the debate discussed the relevance of CSR for further issues in philosophy of religion, and other have examined how CSR weighs in on various theological questions. Finally, a small number of philosophers offered criticisms or support for various CSR-theories. In this chapter, we give an overview of the debates so far and provide an outline of the book.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-90239-5_1
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-90239-5_1
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9783319902388
T3 - New Approaches to the Scientific Study of Religion
SP - 1
EP - 14
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
CY - Cham
ER -