The main goal of the workshop is to introduce CSS members to topics that are cutting edge in the cognitive science of religion. The papers draw on a variety of methodologies and disciplines, which is one of the main characteristics of the cognitive science of religion. Even though the focus is on religion, the researchers are involved in broader issues relevant to cognitive science. So the expe...

sciencethe article intends to study the common denominators and intersection of the empirical sciences with and religion so as to study the instances in which religion may effect scinces. the aim is to provide foundations for the establishment of religious science. for this purpoes,with the help of literature produced in the philosophy of science ,such subjects as the mode of scientific cogniza...

The correlations between scientometric indices, macroeconomic variables and results from attitude polls in different countries were explored. The results show that a minimum threshold of economic development (around GDP per capita of 1000 US$) is required for science and the economy of a country to interact. After that threshold, a positive interaction between economic development, scientific d...

the paper first addresses the confilict between religion and science, together with some solutions proposed. it then proposes religious knowledge as an epistimological field which obey the laws of empirical sciences. the solution put forward addresses a deep_rooted confilict,as it is in reference to one concerning scientific and religious propositions. moreover, it does not ignore the confilict...

religion has always had a significant role in indian thoughts and unlike the west, the separation of religion and science has never happened in india. even today, the role of religion is evident in diverse aspects of indian life, and religious links and tendencies are represented in the works of contemporary thinkers. but among all contemporary scholars vivekananda has been a pioneer in this re...

In this paper, the scientific methodology of the contemporary philosopherImre Lakatos is revised to construct a methodology for theological systems. In this methodology, each theological system consists of the following main elements: (1) hard core I, (2) protective wall, (3) hard core II, and (4) auxiliary hypotheses. We will expound the criteria for the evaluation of different theolo...