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The best episode yet, IMO, covering a deeply fascinating area of human experience, the make-believe of religious credences. The Data Over Dogma Dans bring on author of Religion as Make-Believe: A Theory of Belief, Imagination, and Group Identity, Neil Van Leeuwen.
#Religion #Belief #DataOverDogma
Episode 51 (March 25, 2024), "Is Religion Make-Believe?" with Neil Van Leeuwen - YouTube

It doesn't sound very nice, but this week we're asking the question: is religious belief the same as factual knowledge, or is closer to imagination? Cognitiv...

11:27 AM - Mar 25, 2024
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The image is a quote from Neil Van Leeuwen, a description of how his 2 distinctions of the types of belief--factual & imagined--are differently vulnerable to evidence. A factual belief is susceptible to evidence, while imaginings (like religious credences) often aren't.
#Belief #Cognition
11:41 AM - Mar 25, 2024
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