A Natural History of Natural Theology: The Cognitive Science of Theology and Philosophy of Religion

by Johan De Smedt and Helen De Cruz

Book Overview

An examination of the cognitive foundations of intuitions about the existence and attributes of God.

Questions 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262552450
• ISBN13: 9780262552455
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"