Storytellers and Scenario Spinners: Some Reflections on Religion and Science in Light of a Pragmatic, Evolutionary Theory of Knowledge |
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Authors: | Karl E. Peters |
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Affiliation: | Rollins College, Winter Park, FL |
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Abstract: | Asserting that both scientists and religious thinkers are involved in telling stories about the past and spinning scenarios about the future, I first compare and contrast the purposes of scientific and religious storytelling. Then, in light of some recent work on brain and language evolution, I offer a possible story about how humans might have become storytellers. Finally, I discuss how religious stories might be evaluated pragmatically and even scientifically by developing Lakatosian-type research programs. |
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Keywords: | brain evolution creativity empirical theology evolutionary epistemology human evolution pragmatism theology and science |
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