Reflections on the Debate: What Does Philosophy Have to Do with the Cognitive Study of Religion?

Why should the study of religion in general and cognitive study of religion in particular be interested in philosophy in the first place, and vice versa? The paper offers some responses to the debate between John Shook and his respondents. It will suggest that such debates are useful, as it is a phi...

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Auteur principal: Visala, Aku (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Brill 2017
Dans: Method & theory in the study of religion
Année: 2017, Volume: 29, Numéro: 4/5, Pages: 429-442
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Kognitive Religionswissenschaft / Philosophie / Débat
RelBib Classification:AA Sciences des religions
AB Philosophie de la religion
AE Psychologie de la religion
VA Philosophie
Sujets non-standardisés:B cognitive science of religion philosophy explanation debunking arguments
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Résumé:Why should the study of religion in general and cognitive study of religion in particular be interested in philosophy in the first place, and vice versa? The paper offers some responses to the debate between John Shook and his respondents. It will suggest that such debates are useful, as it is a philosophical task to reflect upon the basic assumptions, inference patterns and theories of the study of religion. Furthermore, cognitive study of religion and other approaches in the study of religion should be of great interest to philosophers of religion. The paper puts the debate in a larger context of the dialogue of philosophy and cognitive science of religion and introduces two central themes: debates about psychological explanations and debunking arguments.
ISSN:1570-0682
Contient:In: Method & theory in the study of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15700682-12341402