TREATING GOD'S EXISTENCE AS AN EXPLANATORY HYPOTHESIS

TREATING GOD'S EXISTENCE AS AN EXPLANATORY HYPOTHESIS

Utilizing accounts from contemporary cognitive psychology, Holley describes the pre-theoretical roots of human dispositions conducive to forming a belief that God exists. Under certain conditions, human beings are strongly predisposed to form beliefs in supernatural agency because of the way our min...

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Veröffentlicht in:American philosophical quarterly (Oxford) 2010-10, Vol.47 (4), p.377-388
1. Verfasser: Holley, David M.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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American philosophy
Belief
Belief & doubt
Beliefs
Cognitive psychology
Cultural factors
Empirical evidence
Existence
God
Gods
Human behaviour
Individual behaviour
Judgment
Justified beliefs
Metaphysics
Morality
Narratives
Philosophical thought
Philosophy
Psychology
Theism
Theory
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Zusammenfassung:Utilizing accounts from contemporary cognitive psychology, Holley describes the pre-theoretical roots of human dispositions conducive to forming a belief that God exists. Under certain conditions, human beings are strongly predisposed to form beliefs in supernatural agency because of the way our minds operate. When the idea of God is culturally available, God's existence can seem very plausible to people who do not block or override the pre-theoretical tendency to believe.
ISSN:0003-0481
2152-1123