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A Commentary on "Religion Explained: The Evolutionary Origins of Religious Thought"

Where do we get our religious concepts from? Why do some concepts, such as the existence of one God who knows all, the existence of souls, of an afterlife, of karma, and so forth pervade throughout the spiritual lives of very different people? Why do these concepts persist for thousands of years? How do these concepts gain a following? In Religion Explained: The Evolutionary Origins of Religious Thought anthropologist Pascal Boyer attempts to answer these questions in terms of what we know about cognitive psychology and evolutionary biology (1). Where once it was believed that these were silly questions to ask, Boyer believes that we now have the tools to treat

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A Gigantic Wave

2C

Joo Park

A Gigantic Wave

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Do You Remember That Moment?

3c

Joo Park

The last paper on tacit understanding

Do You Remember That Moment?

Paul: Hold your horses.

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A compilation of my posts this semester

Here are just a few thoughts I've had this semester.  Most could use to be fleshed out and further explored and revised.  Still, it's not a bad jumping off point.
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Brain Research: Improving Global Harmony

Introductory Remarks
Paul Grobstein
16 November 2007

Getting Together to Tell Stories!


Day 20 of Storytelling as Inquiry:
Getting Together to Tell Stories

I. Welcome to Paul's section! Please sit alternatingly...

II. Papers due Tuesday (Audra, Meredith to me @ 9)

 

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The Brain and Social Well-Being

The Brain as a Learner/Inquirer/Creator:
Some Implications of its Organization for Individual and Social Well Being

 

Paul Grobstein
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