Apt Analogies and Misleading Metaphors: “Co-Evolution” and Other Biological Terms in Scientific Theories of Religious Evolution
The paper discusses the definitions of “co-evolution” in biology and in scientific theories of religious evolution as an example for their use of biological terms. Sometimes this use is motivated by the vision of a general theory of macro-level evolution. There is a valid analogy between the co-evol...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Routledge
2021
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Theology and science
Année: 2021, Volume: 19, Numéro: 3, Pages: 300-308 |
| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophie de la religion NBD Création |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
macro-level evolution
B co-adaptation B gene-culture co-evolution B evolution of religion B Evolutionary Biology B co-evolution |
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| Résumé: | The paper discusses the definitions of “co-evolution” in biology and in scientific theories of religious evolution as an example for their use of biological terms. Sometimes this use is motivated by the vision of a general theory of macro-level evolution. There is a valid analogy between the co-evolution of biological species and “gene-culture co-evolution” in religious evolution. But the analogy does not refer to identical processes, and it might turn into a mere metaphor. This conclusion pertains to other terms describing religious evolution in correspondence to evolutionary biology. |
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| ISSN: | 1474-6719 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Theology and science
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2021.1944501 |