2013/04/16 by LEO NÄREAHO, Leo Näreaho
Neuroscience · Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment #Theology and Philosophy of Evil #Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
paper · doi:10.1017/s0034412513000152
Abstract In this article, I examine the compatibility thesis, according to which the assumptions and results of cognitive (and other bio-psychological) theories of religion are compatible with the theistic world-view. In particular, I analyse the conception of world-view neutrality concerning scientific theories of religion. I also investigate the nature of pro-theistic argumentation; one aspect of this is the role that various forms of naturalism have in theistic compatibility claims. I point out that the version of theism guiding the argumentation of the proponents of the compatibility thesis is seldom explicated. A commitment to classical theism is problematic because of the ultimate metaphysical separation of God and the world. Instead, I support the compatibility view with a notion of God construed as the structuring cause of the world.