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Evolutionary Psychology: Application to the evolution of religion
The way our mind evolved in prehistorical times affects how we approach religion and culture now. Drawing on the key concepts of evolutionary psychology discussed last time, we now look at the...
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This week’s studies: Minimally Counterintuitive Concepts and Modes of...
To keep myself accountable, I’m posting my weekly readings. The deal is: at least one study or chapter a day, no excuses. This will also double as a nice record of book and article references, and a...
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Memetics: Key concepts for the evolution of religion
Coined by Richard Dawkins in his book The Selfish Gene, the concept of memes has become wildly popular The next approach to the evolution of religion in our investigation is memetics, a controversial...
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This week’s studies: Domains, counterintuitiveness, and reading comprehension
To keep myself accountable, I’m posting my weekly readings. The deal is: at least seven articles or chapters a week, no excuses.This will also double as a nice record of book and article references,...
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Memetics: Applications for the evolution of religion
Many memeticists have posed religions as viruses of the mind, but Daniel Dennett reminds us they can just as well be beneficial symbionts. Having explored the key concepts of memetics last time, we...
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This week’s studies: Reading comprehension and statistics
To keep myself accountable, I’m posting my weekly readings. The deal is: at least seven articles or chapters a week, no excuses.This will also double as a nice record of book and article references,...
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Gene-culture Coevolution: Key concepts for the evolution of religions
This is a reproduction of the map made by Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza in his book The history and geography of human genes. It displays the genetic relationship between human populations. (Photo...
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Gene-culture Coevolution: Application for the evolution of religion
David Sloan Wilson has resurrected the notion of group selection, and believes religion may play a crucial role Having introduced the key concepts of gene-culture coevolution last time, we now explore...
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Conclusion: Design features of an adequate method for the evolution of religion
In the end, what is needed to study the evolution of religion? Having explored a number of methodological approaches to the evolution of religion, including sociobiology, behavioral ecology, memetics,...
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Key terms for study of the evolution of religion
Terms are key in the study of religions. It’s important to take care with terms in the study of religions. This post goes through some of the most basic and common, and how I use them. I conclude...
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