Naturalness of Religious Ideas - A Cognitive Theory of Religion

Summary

The main theme of this treatise is that important aspects of religious representation are constrained by the human mind. The author uses experimental results from developmental psychology to explain why certain religious representations are acquired and stored in the brain.

Product details

• Authors: Pascal Boyer, Boyer Pascal
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.02.1994
• EAN: 9780520075597
• ISBN: 978-0-520-07559-7
• No. of pages: 342
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; PHILOSOPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Philosophy, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, RELIGION / Psychology of Religion, Child & developmental psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Philosophy of religion