Folk psychology meets folk Darwinism

Jay Hegdé; Norman A. Johnson

doi:10.1017/S0140525X06379101

Folk psychology meets folk Darwinism

Jay Hegdé, Norman A. Johnson

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Abstract

The fact that beliefs in the supernatural are useful to people who hold them does not necessarily mean that these beliefs confer an evolutionary advantage to those who hold them. An evolutionary explanation for any biological phenomenon must meet rigorous criteria, but the facts in this case, even when taken at their face value, fall well short of these criteria.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	476-477
Number of pages	2
Journal	Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume	29
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X06379101
State	Published - Dec 1 2006
Externally published	Yes

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Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
Physiology
Behavioral Neuroscience

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