IS RELIGION A BY-PRODUCT OF BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION? RICHARD SOSIS’S CRITICISM OF NON-ADAPTATIONIST APPROACH TO EVOLUTIONARY ACCOUNT OF RELIGION

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KESHANI AMIR

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Journal: PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTIGATIONS Year:2017 | Volume:13 | Issue:31 Page(s): 125-141

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IS RELIGION A BY-PRODUCT OF BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION? RICHARD SOSIS’S CRITICISM OF NON-ADAPTATIONIST APPROACH TO EVOLUTIONARY ACCOUNT OF RELIGION

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EVOLUTIONQ2

RELIGIONQ2

ADAPTATIONQ1

ACCOUNTQ2

BY-PRODUCTQ1

SECONDARY ADAPTATIONQ1

EXAPTATIONQ1

Abstract

In this paper, we first discuss the main questions in EVOLUTIONary ACCOUNTs of RELIGION. Then we offer the main answers to these questions. The hypothesis of RELIGION as a BY-PRODUCT, will be briefly introduced and then Richard Sosi’s criticism of this hypothesis will be explained step by step. In order to criticize the hypothesis of RELIGION as BY-PRODUCT and to provide a proper basis for his criticism, Richard Sosi starts with the definition of RELIGION and regards it as a system. He believes that a religious system is mixed of some primary elements, including various cognitive and behavioral processes. Cognitive assessments determine only one aspect of RELIGION, while RELIGION is a comprehensive system whose overall performance must be examined. Even if the cognitive assessments are precise and can show that metaphysical beliefs are the BY-PRODUCTs of some brain functions, this can’t determine whether a religious system is a factor that leads to ADAPTATION. Richard Sosi considers the concept of "by-product" and, through a scientific analysis, shows that RELIGION can be seen as a secondary ADAPTATION or EXAPTATION, not as a BY-PRODUCT.

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KESHANI, AMIR. (2017). IS RELIGION A BY-PRODUCT OF BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION? RICHARD SOSIS’S CRITICISM OF NON-ADAPTATIONIST APPROACH TO EVOLUTIONARY ACCOUNT OF RELIGION. PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTIGATIONS, 13(31 ), 125-141. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/207831/en

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KESHANI AMIR. IS RELIGION A BY-PRODUCT OF BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION? RICHARD SOSIS’S CRITICISM OF NON-ADAPTATIONIST APPROACH TO EVOLUTIONARY ACCOUNT OF RELIGION. PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTIGATIONS[Internet]. 2017;13(31 ):125-141. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/207831/en

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AMIR KESHANI, “IS RELIGION A BY-PRODUCT OF BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION? RICHARD SOSIS’S CRITICISM OF NON-ADAPTATIONIST APPROACH TO EVOLUTIONARY ACCOUNT OF RELIGION,” PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTIGATIONS, vol. 13, no. 31 , pp. 125–141, 2017, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/207831/en

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