人間であること:宗教:信仰に縛られているか?
1Department of Psychology, Washington University in St Louis, Missouri, USA. pboyer@wustl.edu
Nature
|October 25, 2008
まとめ
無神論は,宗教よりも推進するのが難しい. 認知的な特徴は,自然に人間を信仰に傾け,宗教的な信念をより一般的なデフォルトにする.
科学分野:
- コグニティブ・サイエンス コグニティブ・サイエンス
- 進化心理学の心理学について
- 宗教の人類学 宗教の人類学
背景:
- 宗教的な信念の認知的基盤を理解することは,人間社会全体でのその流行を説明するために不可欠です.
- パスカル・ボイエーの作品は,人間の認知の進化的基礎と,宗教のような文化現象へのその影響について探求している.
研究 の 目的:
- 宗教的な信念を促進する認知メカニズムを調査する.
- 無神論が,宗教的な信念よりも,より大きな認知的挑戦を提示する理由を説明するために.
主な方法:
- 認知の特徴とその進化的起源の分析.
- 超自然的な概念に対する心理的傾向の検討.
主要な成果:
- 様々な認知の特徴により,個人が宗教的な概念を受け入れる傾向が生まれます.
- これらの認知バイアスは,信仰の採用を無神論の採用よりも直感的なプロセスにする.
結論:
- 宗教の普及は,人間に固有の認知アーキテクチャによって部分的に説明されます.
- 無神論は,これらの自然な認知的傾向を克服することを必要とし,より困難な"販売"になります.
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