This PowerPoint is part of a course titled, “Perspectives on Atheism“.
This presentation begins by correlating high levels of religious belief with high levels of scientific illiteracy in the United States. Based largely on J. Anderson Thomson’s book, Why We Believe in Gods, this presentation looks at the ways in which religious belief piggybacks on cognitive functions evolved for satisfying other purposes (social cognition) using examples from Thomson’s book.
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Topics addressed: education • evolution and/or creationism • paranormal/supernatural/occult • philosophy of science and scientific method • religion/spiritualism/new age
Resource type: powerpoint and keynote presentations
Academic discipline: psychology • sociology and/or anthropology
Academic level: college and university
Resource type: powerpoint and keynote presentations
Academic discipline: psychology • sociology and/or anthropology
Academic level: college and university
