A TASTE FOR THE INFINITE: WHAT PHILOSOPHY OF BIOLOGY CAN TELL US ABOUT RELIGIOUS BELIEF
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چکیده
According to Friedrich Schleiermacher, religiosity is rooted in feeling (Gefühl). As a result of our engagement with the world, on which we depend and can influence, have both sense dependence freedom. Schleiermacher speculated that absolute reflective beings self-consciousness (human beings) gave rise religion. Using insights from contemporary philosophy biology cognitive science, I seek naturalize Schleiermacher's ideas. moreover show this naturalization line outlook biology, as he already had evolutionary considerations mind when wrote Christian Faith (1830). While rejects natural theology narrow (proofs for existence God), his project theological broader sense, it roots religion experiences examine using naturalistic theories.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Zygon
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['1467-9744', '0591-2385']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/zygo.12765