01:185:412 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes -
12 Oct 2018
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MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
The Cognitive Science of Religion
Assignment 1
These questions are based on chapter 1 of The Soul Fallacy and chapters 1 & 2
of Life After Death: The Evidence.
1. What do the approaches to the question of life after death described by
Musolino and D’Souza have in common and how do they differ?
2. Describe D’Souza’s argument, in chapter of LADTE, about absence of
evidence and how he claims it bears on the question of life after death.
3. Do you think that the question of life after death boils done to the issue of
absence of evidence?
4. At the end of chapter , D’Souza writes The Christian’s position is an honest
one, while the atheist is engaged in false advertizing p. . What does he
mean by that, and what do you think of his argument?
5. What are the main lines of evidence that Musolino mentions against
dualism?
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Document Summary
These questions are based on chapter 1 of the soul fallacy and chapters 1 & 2 of life after death: the evidence: what do the approaches to the question of life after death described by. Religious thought and behavior are quintessential human traits, present in all modern cultures, and evident in archeology from all periods of human history and pre-history. Today, religion represents one of the most ubiquitous forces shaping people"s beliefs, attitudes, and behavior. It would indeed be difficult to make sense of most of human existence, including culture, politics, law, morality, and war, without an appreciation of what religion is and how it works. In this course, we will discuss these fascinating developments and review major theoretical and empirical advances as we explore the nature, origins, and implications of religious thought. Reading materials: the soul fallacy (prometheus, 2015) by julien musolino (isbn # 978, life after death: the evidence (regnery, 2009) by dinesh d"souza (isbn.
