#28 Edward Slingerland: The Cognitive Science of Religion, And What Sicence Offers the Humanities

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Dr. Edward Slingerland is a Professor of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. He’s the Director of the Cultural Evolution of Religion Research Consortium (CERC), the Director of the Database of Religious History (DRH), and the Co-Director of the Centre for the Study of Human Evolution, Cognition and Culture (HECC). And he’s also the author of books like What Science Offers the Humanities: Integrating Body and Culture, and Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity.
Here, we talk about the Cognitive Science of Religion; religion as a biological adaptation or the product of cultural evolution; group selection; religion at the collective and institutionalized levels; the role of CREDs (credibility enhancing displays) in religion; the benefits of religion for the individual and society; the role science should play in the Humanities and the view of the mind as an embodied entity; postmodernism and the Standard Social Science Model.

O Dr. Edward Slingerland é um professor de Estudos Asiáticos da Universidade da Columbia Britânica, Vancouver, Canadá. É o Diretor do Cultural Evolution of Religion Research Consortium (CERC), o Diretor do Database of Religious History (DRH), e o Codiretor do Centre for the Study of Human Evolution, Cognition and Culture (HECC). E é também o autor de livros como What Science Offers the Humanities: Integrating Body and Culture, and Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity.
Aqui, falamos sobre a Ciência Cognitiva da Religião; religião como uma adaptação biológica ou o produto de evolução cultural; seleção de grupo; religião ao nível coletivo e institucional; o papel dos CREDs (credibility enhancing displays) na religião; os benefícios da religião para o indivíduo e a sociedade; o papel que a ciência deveria ter nas Humanidades e a visão da mente como uma entidade corpórea; pós-modernismo e o Standard Social Science Model.

Follow Dr. Slingerland’s work:
Faculty Page: https://asia.ubc.ca/persons/edward-slingerland/
MOOC The Science of Religion: https://www.edx.org/course/science-religion-ubcx-religionx
Book What Science Offers the Humanities: https://www.amazon.com/What-Science-Offers-Humanities-Integrating/dp/0521701511
Twitter handle: @slingerland20
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/slingerland3