2012
Naturalising methods : possibilities of using neuroscience in the scientific study of religion
LANG, MartinZákladní údaje
Originální název
Naturalising methods : possibilities of using neuroscience in the scientific study of religion
Autoři
LANG, Martin (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí)
Vydání
2012
Další údaje
Jazyk
angličtina
Typ výsledku
Prezentace na konferencích
Obor
60300 6.3 Philosophy, Ethics and Religion
Stát vydavatele
Česká republika
Utajení
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Kód RIV
RIV/00216224:14210/12:00060772
Organizační jednotka
Filozofická fakulta
Klíčová slova anglicky
fMRI; interdisciplinarity; neuroscience; neurotheology; scientific study of religion
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Příznaky
Mezinárodní význam
Změněno: 27. 3. 2013 20:10, Mgr. Vendula Hromádková
Anotace
V originále
Thanks to technological advancement in the area of brain research, neuroscience brings a new evidence, which can help us better understand human behavior. Thus, its methods are being used also in humanities or social sciences. In the last decade, there was a boom of neuroscientific studies on religion, which brought a load of new data. However, the character of these data was very new as well, and the scholars of religion were confronted with a new type of reasoning, based on neuroscientific principles. But is this type of reasoning relevant for the field of scientific study of religion? And should the scholars of religion reflect on these studies? In the presented paper it will be argued that the scholars of religion should reflect on these studies. This is mainly because history of the discipline (i.e. scientific study of religion) went through a methatheorethical critical stages, which helped to overcome some of the possible pitfalls. Apparently, neuroscientists lack this kind of self-reflection and most of their studies can be therefore flawed with unscientific inferences. The aim of this paper is therefore to discuss possibilities of using neuroscience in the scientific study of religion, as well as its pitfalls.
Návaznosti
| EE2.3.20.0048, projekt VaV |
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| MUNI/21/LAN/2012, interní kód MU |
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