Hi everyone, and sorry about my absence. I should be back for good now. The database I use is PsycINFO, which requires a subscription. Most university...
Agreed. PsychINFO is good, as is Web of Science (although you have to be specific in your searches at Web of Science, since it is a contains much more than...
many of you know my hobby (one of 'em) is reading about the cog sci of religion. here are the books i have read on the topic: religion explained - pascal...
i don't have access to 'the atlantic,' but the gist seems to fall in line with the general stuff you will see in cog sci of religion (which i tend to agree...
... D'oh! It says you need a subscription to read it. I'm pretty curious, though. I've read P. Bloom's book _Descartes Baby_ and I'm in a seminar with him this...
If anyone would prefer to read the article in PDF, holler at me off- list.. I saw Bloom talk here at Penn, and though I don't remember much of the specifics (I...
Razib or others, I wonder what you thought about Harvey Whitehouse's take on the cognition of religion? He's the director of the Institute for Cognition and...
... scott atran's book is probably the most thorough and wide ranging. boyer is a less turgid writer, but he is more biased toward massive modularity and gives...
On Dec 2, 2005, at 9:04 PM, Tim Brady wrote: ... Dang. They just moved it to the subscription section. When I posted that link you didn't need one. Bummer....
Hi, I have access. Here it is! -Mark IS GOD AN ACCIDENT? Despite the vast number of religions, nearly everyone in the world believes in the same things: the...
tx! the only thing i would take issue with are semantics, like the term 'accident.' that is like saying heat is an accident of work. the thesis draws from...
There is a description of a studies by Lyons and by Horner & Whiten at http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/13/science/13essa.html It looks like both groups of...
hey, i forget what was going on with the next book in the book club? didn't we vote on a second book? i don't remember anymore. also, chris, could you delete...
Love is a moment that lasts forever... Love that is true never grows old. Love reminds you that nothing else matters. If you ever need anything, pass throw...
Hey all - this looks like the last relevant email, so i'll respond here. I'm new to the group and just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Shawn. I live in...
If people are interested, I'd be up for an other group read. Hopefully with a bit more activity than the last one. (Which started off good and then kind of...
I think this is a really fascinating book, but it's really more about the metaphysics of institutions than it is cog sci. ... -- Will Wilkinson Policy Analyst ...
... I'd be interested to know why. There are significant parts of that book that seem to be restating the obvious, and there are aspects that strike me as...
... I would argue that it is in the same pile as books on how we learn language. And, for that matter, I would also put it in the category of books that...
To be honest, I don't know of any books that contain extended discussions of memes from an anti-meme perspective. It might be interesting to read one of the...