Can Science Explain Religion? The Cognitive Science Debate, by James W. Jones.

Authors

  • Halvor Kvandal Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jcsr.20676

Keywords:

cognitive science, debunking, science debate, physicalism

Abstract

Can Science Explain Religion? The Cognitive Science Debate, by James W. Jones. Oxford University Press, 2015. 236 + xii pp. Hb., $31.95. ISBN: 9780190249380

References

Boyer, P. (2010). The fracture of an illusion: Science and the dissolution of religion. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht.

Dawkins, R. (2007). The God delusion. London: Transworld.

Jones, J. W. (2016). Can science explain religion? The cognitive science debate. Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190249380.001.0001

Kahane, G. (2011). Evolutionary debunking arguments. Noûs, 45(1), 103–125. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0068.2010.00770.x

Murray, M. J. (2010). Scientific explanations of religion and the justification of religious belief. In J. Schloss, & M. J. Murray (Eds.). The believing primate: Scientific, philosophical and theological reflections on the origin of religion (pp. 168–178). Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199557028.003.0009

Visala, A. (2011). Naturalism, theism and the cognitive study of religion. Farnham: Ashgate.

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Published

2021-08-03

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 1

Section

Book Reviews

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Equinox Publishing Ltd.

How to Cite

Kvandal, H. (2021). Can Science Explain Religion? The Cognitive Science Debate, by James W. Jones. Journal for the Cognitive Science of Religion, 7(1), 115–118. https://doi.org/10.1558/jcsr.20676