عنوان

Mind the (Unbridgeable) Gaps

شماره

LA121526

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انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Mind the (Unbridgeable) Gaps

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Leonardo Ambasciano

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

In this paper, I explore two of the most pernicious kinds of scientific distortions and misconceptions pertinent to the study of religion (i.e., pseudoscientific trends focused on allegedly paranormal/supernatural phenomena and discontinuity between human and non-human cognition), arguing that: a) the adherence to the prestigious reputation of Eliadean academic frameworks may still cause grave distortions in the comprehension of relevant scientific fields; b) a reliance on cognition alone does not guarantee ipso facto a more epistemically warranted study of religion; c) an evolutionary and cognitively continuist approach to the study of religion is, instead, the most promising and fundamental scholarly tool to bridge the gap between the humanities and the natural sciences, even though it remains a long-term goal; d) the obsolete language of "aboriginal cultures" as open-air museums for our past is rooted in the aforementioned misconceptions and, though basically flawed, is still very much alive. In this paper, I explore two of the most pernicious kinds of scientific distortions and misconceptions pertinent to the study of religion (i.e., pseudoscientific trends focused on allegedly paranormal/supernatural phenomena and discontinuity between human and non-human cognition), arguing that: a) the adherence to the prestigious reputation of Eliadean academic frameworks may still cause grave distortions in the comprehension of relevant scientific fields; b) a reliance on cognition alone does not guarantee ipso facto a more epistemically warranted study of religion; c) an evolutionary and cognitively continuist approach to the study of religion is, instead, the most promising and fundamental scholarly tool to bridge the gap between the humanities and the natural sciences, even though it remains a long-term goal; d) the obsolete language of "aboriginal cultures" as open-air museums for our past is rooted in the aforementioned misconceptions and, though basically flawed, is still very much alive.

تاريخ نشر

2016

توصيف ظاهري

141-225

عنوان

Method & Theory in the Study of Religion

شماره جلد

28/2

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1570-0682

اصطلاح موضوعی

anthropocentrism

اصطلاح موضوعی

cognitive science of religion

اصطلاح موضوعی

evolution

اصطلاح موضوعی

history of religions

اصطلاح موضوعی

paranormal

اصطلاح موضوعی

pseudoscience

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Leonardo Ambasciano

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/15700682-12341372

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y