The Analogical Model of Cognitive Principles and Its Significance for the Dialogue between Science and Theology

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ID3590116
AuthorsBorut Pohar (0000-0001-6365-654X, University of Ljubljana, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume12
Issue4
Pages230
Publication date2021-03-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel12040230
OpenAlexW3136405726
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited16

Analogical models in science enable us to understand unobservable theoretical entities. We need this basic understanding, even in the case of mental phenomena, where multiple cognitive principles are involved. In this article, we suggest an analogical model of cognition that incorporates basic insights from the philosophies of science and theology, which could serve as a point of contact for the dialogue between science and theology. For this purpose, we presuppose six stages of understanding and the existence of six different theoretical cognitive principles that have their own characteristics, which coincide with some Biblical characters, theological reflections and scientific approaches to finding the truth. The choice of the analogical model and the cognitive principles is justified with their ability to organize, structure and make sense of different segments of scientific and theological knowledge, which otherwise seem confused, unrelated and without structure. The analogical model gives us a big picture of their relations and confirms the ability of the observable macroworld and phenomenological experience to assist us in understanding the realities that, at first sight, seem incomprehensible

Analogy · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Epistemology · Sociology · Unobservable · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · Religious and Theological Studies · Theology and Philosophy of Evil

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