Format:
Online-Ressource (X, 304 pages with 13 illustrations, digital)
ISBN:
9783642001284
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3642001289
Series Statement:
The Frontiers Collection
Content:
In a Darwinian world, religious behavior - just like other behaviors - is likely to have undergone a process of natural selection in which it was rewarded in the evolutionary currency of reproductive success. This book aims to provide a better understanding of the social scenarios in which selection pressure led to religious practices becoming an evolved human trait, i.e. an adaptive answer to the conditions of living and surviving that prevailed among our prehistoric ancestors. This aim is pursued by a team of expert authors from a range of disciplines. Their contributions examine the relevant physiological, emotional, cognitive and social processes. The resulting understanding of the functional interplay of these processes gives valuable insights into the biological roots and benefits of religion.
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Description based upon print version of record
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Preface; Contents; Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 Evaluating the Evolutionary Status of Religiosity and Religiousness religiousness; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Is Religiosity an Adaptation or a Non-functional By-Product of the Human Mind?; 2.2.1 Cognition; 2.2.2 Spirituality; 2.2.3 Bonding; 2.2.4 Personal Identity; 2.2.5 Communication; 2.2.6 Morals; 2.2.7 Again: Is Religiosity an Adaptation, or a Non-functional By-Product of the Human Mind?; 2.3 If Religiosity Is an Evolutionary Adaptation adaptation
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2.3.1 Then We Can Expect that Religiosity Is Present in the Minds of Essentially All People2.3.2 Then We Can Expect Special Design in Ontogenetic Development of Religiousness religiousness; 2.3.3 Then We Can Expect Genetics of Religiosity; 2.4 Conclusion; References; 3 Gods, Gains, and Genes; 3.1 The Challenge; 3.2 The Seven Main Characteristics of Religion and Religiosity; 3.3 Explanations for Religiosity The Main Contenders; 3.4 Conditions for Adaptivity; 3.4.1 Universality; 3.4.2 Reproductive Success; 3.4.3 Heredity; 3.4.4 Realization; 3.4.5 Selective Advantage; 3.5 Discussion
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3.6 (The Need for) Philosophical Reflections3.6.1 Ambivalent Implications; 3.6.2 Three Sources of Faith and Their Criticisms; 3.6.3 ''Useful'' Means Neither ''True'' Nor ''Good''; References; 4 How Some Major Components of Religion Could Have Evolvedby Natural Selection?; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Evolutionary Process of Natural Selection; 4.3 Methodology; 4.3.1 What to Study?; 4.3.2 How to Study it?; 4.3.3 Why Study Structural Design Features?; 4.4 Are There Structural Design Features Embedded in Type I and Type II Religious Behavior?; 4.4.1 Type I Religious Behavior
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4.4.2 Type II Religious Behavior4.5 Are There Structural Design Features Embedded in Religious Beliefs?; 4.6 Are There Structural Design Features Embedded in Religious Values?; 4.7 Are There Structural Design Features Embedded in Religious Moods and Feelings?; 4.7.1 Moods in General; 4.7.2 Feelings in General; 4.7.3 Moods, Feelings, and Proximate Causality causality of Behavior; 4.7.4 Moods, Feelings, and Phylogenetic and Cultural Adaptations; 4.8 Evolution of Religion at the Level of the Individual; 4.8.1 Through Phylogenetic or Cultural Adaptations
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4.8.2 Through By-Products of Phylogenetic or Cultural Adaptations4.9 Evolution of Religion at the Level of the Social In-Group; 4.10 Conclusions; References; 5 The Correlated History of Social Organization, Morality,and Religion; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 A BottomUp Hierarchical Model of Human Social Evolution; 5.3 Categorizing the History of Morality and Religion; 5.4 An Eight-Stage Model for the Correlated History of Social Organization, Morality morality , and Religion; 5.4.1 Nepotism and Dominance in Kin Groups (Premoral Sociality)
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5.4.2 Mutualism and Reciprocity in Nomadic Bands (Premoral Sociality)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783642001277
Additional Edition:
Buchausg. u.d.T. The biological evolution of religious mind and behavior Dordrecht : Springer, 2009 ISBN 9783642001277
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783642260162
Language:
English
Subjects:
Theology
Keywords:
Religiöses Bewusstsein
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Hominisation
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Evolutionspsychologie
;
Religiöses Verhalten
;
Evolutionspsychologie
;
Religionssoziologie
;
Religiosität
;
Darwinismus
;
Evolutionsbiologie
;
Religiöses Bewusstsein
;
Hominisation
;
Evolutionspsychologie
;
Religiöses Verhalten
;
Religionssoziologie
;
Religiosität
;
Darwinismus
;
Evolutionsbiologie
;
Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-642-00128-4
URL:
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Author information:
Schiefenhövel, Wulf 1943-
Author information:
Voland, Eckart 1949-
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