Monotheism and the Spirituality of Reason
In this paper I propose a cognitive interpretation of the emergence of monotheism. I first distinguish between two fundamentally different conceptions of representation: one intuitive, which favors an analog model of rational cognition, and one discursive, which favors a digital model. While both He...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2002
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Zygon
Année: 2002, Volume: 37, Numéro: 2, Pages: 511-530 |
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digital representation
B analog representation B Monotheism B Judaism B Hellenism |
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| Résumé: | In this paper I propose a cognitive interpretation of the emergence of monotheism. I first distinguish between two fundamentally different conceptions of representation: one intuitive, which favors an analog model of rational cognition, and one discursive, which favors a digital model. While both Hellenism and Judaism may have been instrumental in setting civilization on the path to reason and law, it is the discursive or digital conception of God as a single universal Judge, I argue, that provides the foundational axiom of the moral logic of the Hebrew Scriptures. That is, in monotheism, God came to be represented differently. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9744 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Zygon
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/0591-2385.00446 |