GLOMB, Tomáš. What can material culture of humans and chimpanzees tell us about religion? A Study in cognitive archaeology and cognitive science of religion. In 19th EAA Annual Meeting, Plzeň, 4-8 September 2013. 2013.
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Original name What can material culture of humans and chimpanzees tell us about religion? A Study in cognitive archaeology and cognitive science of religion
Authors GLOMB, Tomáš (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition 19th EAA Annual Meeting, Plzeň, 4-8 September 2013, 2013.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Presentations at conferences
Field of Study 60300 6.3 Philosophy, Ethics and Religion
Country of publisher Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14210/13:00069205
Organization unit Faculty of Arts
Keywords in English Cognitive Archaeology; Cognitive science of Religion; Chimpanzees; Material Culture; Counterintuitive Concepts
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Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Tomáš Glomb, Ph.D., učo 342522. Changed: 8/9/2013 13:44.
Abstract
Cognitive archaeology is a relatively recently established scientific discipline. It focuses on the study of the development of mental capacities as inferred from material remains. Cognitive archaeology and cognitive science of religion presume the unity of human mental capacities since the prevalence of the anatomically modern human. Both cognitive archaeology and cognitive science of religion propose that religion is very closely connected with those capacities. Considering the biological evolution of species, this study will try to examine this proposal by analyzing the material culture of anatomically modern humans, especially from the Upper Palaeolithic, and chimpanzees. The comparison of the material and behavioral differences between humans and chimpanzees can tell us much about the cognitive capacities of anatomically modern humans and their connection to religion. In other words, through investigation into the role of specific aspects of the human mind the study will attempt to demonstrate what capacities are crucial for the formation of religions and why they possibly evolved.
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