Perspectives on the scientific study of religion: The search for evidence
November 1st - November 2nd 2013
Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University
Dean's Conference Room, Building C, 2nd Floor
The view from the philosophy of science: Robert N. McCauley
William Rand Kenan Jr. University Professor of Philosophy
Director of the Centre for Mind, Brain and Culture
Emory University
The view from experimental psychology: Cristine H. Legare
Assistant Professor of Psychology
University of Texas at Austin
Since the inception of the cognitive sciences and their turn to developing the
relationship between cognition and culture a great deal of theoretical work has
been published. It was evident that sooner or later such theoretical work
required empirical and experimental work to test the many hypotheses and
predictions generated by the theories on the table. These roundtables focus on
the methods required to capture the evidence required to give credibility to the
theories and to confirm or disconfirm the predictions. These roundtables are
also designed to seek guidance from the philosophy of science in this endeavor.
Timetable
Friday, the 1st November 2013
13:00-13:15 Opening
13:15-14:30 Keynote Lecture – Cristine H. Legare
14:30-15:00 Coffee Break
15:00-17:00 Round Table 1 (Operationalization)
18:00 Social Evening, Café Atlas (Žerotínovo nám. 6)
Saturday, the 2nd November 2013
10:30-11:45 Keynote Lecture - Robert N. McCauley
11:45-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:30 Round Table 2 (Vertical Integration)