Reduction and religion
Lessons from eliminative materialism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12201932 |
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| Authors | Brian Malley (0000-0002-1731-1046, Western Michigan University, corresponding author), Brian E Malley (1Religion Department Western Michigan University) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1-4 |
| Pages | 5-33 |
| Publication date | 1994-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Method & Theory in the Study of Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0943-3058 • E-ISSN: 1570-0682 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/157006894x00019 |
| OpenAlex | W1993971850 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
Cogmtivist theorizing about religion is promising, and this essay explores the ramifications of eliminative materialism for thinking about religion. First, and contrary to the assumption of eliminative matenalists, it is not obvious that the success of eliminative materialism would compromise the veracity of religious psychologies. Second, the success of eliminative materialism would prove the adequacy of formal theorizing for understanding religious expenence. Third, the success of eliminative materialism would force theories of religion to employ neuroanatomically-realizable psychological models. Finally, a powerful strategy which provides non-propositional, neurally-realizable models of psychological functions (connectiomsm) is currently available and is amenable to modeling religious knowledge
Compromise · Eliminative materialism · Epistemology · Materialism · Social science · Sociology · Cultural Differences and Values · Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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