Author:
Purzycki Benjamin Grant,Bendixen Theiss
Abstract
In this review, we discuss three vision impairments in the cognitive science of religious beliefs. We first assess the CSR’s improvements upon previous generations’ “mindblindness.” We also address “contextblindness,” the CSR’s relative lack of focus on the extant environment’s role in the formation and retention of religious beliefs. Finally, we address the problem of the CSR’s “ecoblindness,” that is, ignoring how beliefs are aligned with the distribution of resources.
Reference50 articles.
1. Atran, S. (2002). In gods we trust: The evolutionary landscape of religion. Oxford University Press.
2. Atran, S., Medin, D., Ross, N., Lynch, E., Coley, J., Ek’, E. U., & Vapnarsky, V. (1999). Folkecology and commons management in the Maya lowlands. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 96(13), 7598–7603. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.96.13.7598
3. Atran, S., Medin, D., Ross, N., Lynch, E., Vapnarsky, V., Ek’, E. U., Coley, J., Timura, C., & Baran, M. (2002). Folkecology, cultural epidemiology, and the Spirit of the Commons: A garden experiment in the Maya lowlands, 1991–2001. Current Anthropology, 43(3), 421–450. https://doi.org/10.1086/339528
4. Barkow, J. H., Cosmides, L., & Tooby, J. (1992). The adapted mind: Evolutionary psychology and the generation of culture. Oxford University Press.
5. Barrett, H. C. (2015). The shape of thought: How mental adaptations evolve. Oxford University Press.