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PHIL 201 (STOLZE)

PHIL 201 (STOLZE). Notes on Massimo Pigliucci , Answers for Aristotle , chapters 16-18 and conclusion. Key Issues in Chapter 16. Religion and Neuroscience Michael Persinger’s “God helmet” Naturalistic vs. S upernaturalistic Explanations of Religious Experience

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PHIL 201 (STOLZE)

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  1. PHIL 201 (STOLZE) Notes on Massimo Pigliucci, Answers for Aristotle, chapters 16-18 and conclusion

  2. Key Issues in Chapter 16 • Religion and Neuroscience • Michael Persinger’s “God helmet” • Naturalistic vs. Supernaturalistic Explanations of Religious Experience • Superstition and Lack of Control • Superstition Works (p. 240): “You believe in superstition > You engage in superstitious behavior > This increases your level of self-confidence > This in turn causes you to persist longer at the task > You are therefore more likely to succeed, other things being equal.”

  3. Key Issues in Chapter 17 • The Evolution of Religion • Three Kinds of Causal Explanation linking Superstition and Religion: • Cognitive science • Biological • Cultural • An Analogy with the Evolution of Language (pp. 248-251) • Genetic vs. Cultural Evolution of Religion • Three Characteristics involved of the Genetic Evolution of Religion: • Pattern seeking • Agency projection • Animism • Pigliucci’s Criticism about the Vagueness of “Meme” Theory in Order to Explain the Cultural Evolution of Religion (pp. 259-261)

  4. Key Issues in Chapter 18 • Euthyphro’s Dilemma • Theological Responses to the Dilemma: • Thomas Aquinas • Richard Swinburne • Robert Merrihew Adams

  5. Key Issues in the Conclusion • Evolutionary psychology and human nature • Happiness research • Nic Marks and the Happy Planet Index: www.ted.com/talks/nic_marks_the_happy_planet_index.html

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