{"product_id":"a-natural-history-of-natural-theology-the-cognitive-science-of-theology-and-philosophy-of-religion-9780262028547","title":"A Natural History of Natural Theology: The Cognitive Science of Theology and Philosophy of Religion","description":"\u003cp\u003eQuestions about the existence and attributes of God form the subject matter of natural theology  which seeks to gain knowledge of the divine by relying on reason and experience of the world. Arguments in natural theology rely largely on intuitions and inferences that seem natural to us  occurring spontaneously -- at the sight of a beautiful landscape  perhaps  or in wonderment at the complexity of the cosmos -- even to a nonphilosopher. In this book  Helen De Cruz and Johan De Smedt examine the cognitive origins of arguments in natural theology. They find that although natural theological arguments can be very sophisticated  they are rooted in everyday intuitions about purpose  causation  agency  and morality. Using evidence and theories from disciplines including the cognitive science of religion  evolutionary ethics  evolutionary aesthetics  and the cognitive science of testimony  they show that these intuitions emerge early in development and are a stable part of human cognition.  De Cruz and De Smedt analyze the cognitive underpinnings of five well-known arguments for the existence of God: the argument from design  the cosmological argument  the moral argument  the argument from beauty  and the argument from miracles. Finally  they consider whether the cognitive origins of these natural theological arguments should affect their rationality.  Table of Contents  Natural Theology and Natural History The Naturalness of Religious Beliefs Intuitions about Gods Knowledge: Anthropomorphism or Preparedness Teleology  the Design Stance  and the Argument from Design The Cosmological Argument and Intuitions about Causality and Agency The Moral Argument in the Light of Evolutionary Ethics The Argument from Beauty and the Evolutionary Basis of Aesthetic Experience The Argument from Miracles and the Cognitive Science of Religious Testimony The Natural History of Religion and the Rationality of Religious Beliefs\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67615073108021,"sku":"ByrdShop_0262028549","price":721.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780262028547.jpg?v=1791187742","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/a-natural-history-of-natural-theology-the-cognitive-science-of-theology-and-philosophy-of-religion-9780262028547","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}