Making Evolutionary Science of Religion an Integral Part of
Cognitive Science of Religion

C 2018

Making Evolutionary Science of Religion an Integral Part of Cognitive Science of Religion

KUNDT, Radek

Basic information

Original name

Making Evolutionary Science of Religion an Integral Part of Cognitive Science of Religion

Authors

KUNDT, Radek (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Leiden, Boston, Evolution, Cognition, and the History of Religion : A New Synthesis, p. 141-158, 18 pp. Supplements to Method & Theory in the Study of Religion 13, 2018

Publisher

Brill

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Field of Study

60304 Religious studies

Country of publisher

Netherlands

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/18:00105411

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

ISBN

978-90-04-38537-5

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004385375_010

Keywords in English

evolution; adaptation; spandrel fallacy; exaptation; Tinbergen`s Four Whys

Abstract

V originále

Standard Cognitive Science of Religion (CSR) Model treats religion as an evolutionary by-product and considers proximate mechanisms, and not ultimate causes, as intrinsic to CSR explanative objectives. Such theoretical stance suggests that the full spectrum of evolutionary analyses is yet to be embraced by the young field. I argue that by transforming the originally legitimate by-product argument aimed against bad practice within the adaptationist programme into an argument against the adaptationist programme itself, and by making the by-product position a default point of departure, CSR turned standard evolutionary logic on its head hampering its own advancements. Furthermore, discussing Tinbergen´s Four Whys, I stress that all four questions of ontogeny, phylogeny, mechanism, and function are of equal importance in our strive for the full CSR project.

Links

EE2.3.20.0048, research and development project

Name: Laboratoř pro experimentální výzkum náboženství

Citovat

KUNDT, Radek. Making Evolutionary Science of Religion an Integral Part of Cognitive Science of Religion. In Petersen, A. K.; Gilhus, I. S.; Martin, L. H.; Jensen, J. S., Soerensen, J. Evolution, Cognition, and the History of Religion : A New Synthesis. Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2018, p. 141-158. Supplements to Method & Theory in the Study of Religion 13. ISBN 978-90-04-38537-5. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004385375_010.

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KUNDT, Radek. Making Evolutionary Science of Religion an Integral Part of Cognitive Science of Religion. In Petersen, A. K.; Gilhus, I. S.; Martin, L. H.; Jensen, J. S., Soerensen, J. \textit{Evolution, Cognition, and the History of Religion : A New Synthesis}. Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2018, p.~141-158. Supplements to Method \&{} Theory in the Study of Religion 13. ISBN~978-90-04-38537-5. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004385375\_{}010.

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