The Epistemic Parity of Religious-Apologetic and Religion-Debunking Responses to the Cognitive Science of Religion
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16902014 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Walter Scott Stepanenko (0000-0003-0839-1782, John Carroll University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 466 |
| Publication date | 2021-06-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel12070466 |
| OpenAlex | W3173439570 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 19 |
Recent work in the cognitive science of religion has challenged some of the explanatory assumptions of previous research in the field. Nonetheless, some of the practitioners of the new cognitive science of religion theorize in the same skeptical spirit as their predecessors and either imply or explicitly claim that their projects undermine the warrant of religious beliefs. In this article, I argue that these theories do no additional argumentative work when compared to previous attempts to debunk religious belief and that these recent debunking efforts are very much motivated by methodological commitments that are shared with canonical research. I contend that these argumentative strategies put debunkers very much on an epistemic par with religious apologists: both advocate responses to the cognitive science of religion that are primarily motivated by methodological commitments
Argumentative · Cognition · Cognitive science of religion · Epistemology · Skepticism · Sociology · Warrant · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
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