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Animal minds Evolutionary psychology Intelligent Design Mind

What happens when a pair of evolutionary anthropologists try their hand at dealing with existential grief, anxiety, and depression?

Probably, any perspective that sees humans as merely evolved animals will offer platitudes and prescriptions for suffering, rather than insight or inspiration.

Posted on October 4, 2020 Author News Comments(6)
Atheism Culture Religion Science

Biologist: Science and philosophy do NOT offer more for grief than religion

Wayne Rossiter, author of Shadow of Oz: Theistic Evolution and the Absent God, responds at his blog to a claim by Paul Thagard at Psychology Today that science and philosophy offer more for grief than religion does: Thagard’s view is that religion is false comfort, and that science (and philosophy) can do better. He begins Read More…

Posted on July 29, 2018 Author News Comments(3)
Intelligent Design Philosophy Religion Science

Do science and philosophy offer more relief from grief than religion does?

That’s the claim by Paul Thagard at Psychology Today: In a recent New York Times column, Stephen T. Asma claims that religion can help people to deal with grief much better than science can. His case for religion over science has four flaws. It depends on a view of how emotion works in the brain Read More…

Posted on July 22, 2018 Author News Comments(5)

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