Philosophy 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Pascal Boyer, Homo Sapiens, Ontological Argument
13 Nov 2013
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Divine hiddenness (john schellenburg halifax not dead) This is really new player in a very old field. The abrahamic god is thought of as omnipotent and as loving, and desiring to have a loving relationship with every individual human being. Such a god would not make it difficult for humans to figure out is (s)he exists! However, it is incredibly hard to figure out that out. Cognitive science of religion (pascal boyer anthropologist at a university not dead) It seems that many people feel an invisible presence; a conscious force that accompanies them. This seems to point the existence of god or gods. Dogs think any things that move are alive due to their hyperactive agency detection device (hadd) (i. e. , snowflakes) Think of how costly it might be for an animals to fail to detect the presence of an agent. False positive signals are a low cost to pay, in evolutionary terms.
