Methodological Consilience of Evolutionary Ethics and Cognitive
Science of Religion

J 2016

Methodological Consilience of Evolutionary Ethics and Cognitive Science of Religion

FRANEK, Juraj

Basic information

Original name

Methodological Consilience of Evolutionary Ethics and Cognitive Science of Religion

Authors

FRANEK, Juraj (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Journal of Cognition and Culture, Leiden, Brill, 2016, 1567-7095

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Article in a journal

Field of Study

60300 6.3 Philosophy, Ethics and Religion

Country of publisher

Netherlands

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/16:00089478

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685373-12342173

UT WoS

000371432100007

EID Scopus

2-s2.0-84970015778

Keywords in English

evolutionary ethics; cognitive science of religion; consilience; evolutionary psychology; sociobiology; theory and methodology

Abstract

In the original language

For the larger part of modern western intellectual history, it has been assumed that the study of morality and religion requires special methodology, insulated from, and in some important aspects incongruent with, the scientific method commonly used in the realm of natural sciences. Furthermore, even if it would be granted that moral and religious behavior is amendable to scientific analysis, the prospects of using evolutionary theory in particular to do the heavy lifting in explanation of these phenomena have been bleak, since many scholars doubted that a biological theory could possibly offer any valuable contribution. Recent advances in the fields of Evolutionary Ethics and Cognitive Science of Religion disprove both claims, emphasizing empirically founded explanations, demonstrating extraordinarily high degree of methodological consilience, and revealing utmost importance of the application of evolutionary theory in fields of study once deemed to be exclusive domains of social sciences and philosophy.

Links

MUNI/A/1058/2015, interní kód MU

Name: Výzkum starověkých jazyků, jejich literatur a příslušných kultur (Acronym: Staré jazyky a kultury)

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A

Cite

FRANEK, Juraj. Methodological Consilience of Evolutionary Ethics and Cognitive Science of Religion. Journal of Cognition and Culture. Leiden: Brill, 2016, vol. 16, 1-2, p. 144-170. ISSN 1567-7095. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685373-12342173.

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FRANEK, Juraj. Methodological Consilience of Evolutionary Ethics and Cognitive Science of Religion. \textit{Journal of Cognition and Culture}. Leiden: Brill, 2016, vol.~16, 1-2, p.~144-170. ISSN~1567-7095. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685373-12342173.

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