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9780979773129

The Evolution of the Human Mind: From Supernaturalism to Naturalism - an Anthropological Perspective

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  • ISBN13:

    9780979773129

  • ISBN10:

    0979773121

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-07-23
  • Publisher: David Brown Book Co
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List Price: $39.95

Summary

This is the first single book to document the evolution in human thinking from a belief in supernaturalism to a belief in naturalism. The author shows how the ideas that people have held through the centuries about the world have developed from human experience - particularly during the last four hundred years - to the point today where, for the first time in human history, we see scientists in whom a belief in naturalism is complete and all-encompassing. As a philosopher of science, the author is concerned not so much with the ideas of particular individuals as he is with a system of ideas; as a cultural anthropologist, he is primarily interested in culture as the product of human thought.

Author Biography

Robert L. Carneiro has been curator of anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History for more than fifty years. His ethnographic fieldwork has been with Amazonian tribes. His other scientific research has focused on social evolution, especially on the origin of the state.

Table of Contents

The Emergence of the Supernaturalp. 1
The Spirit World Elaboratesp. 19
Origin Myths: Accounting for Things as They Arep. 33
The Life of the Soul After Deathp. 55
The Later History of Soul Beliefsp. 69
The Birth and Evolution of the Godsp. 85
The Rise of Scientific Thinkingp. 107
The Impact of the Physical Sciencesp. 123
The Attenuation of the Concept of Godp. 139
The Rise and Demise of Idealist Philosophyp. 153
The Expansion of Naturalismp. 169
The Coming of Evolutionp. 193
The Impact of Evolutionp. 215
The Religious Views of Charles Darwinp. 229
The Twin Specters of Atheism and Materialismp. 241
Vitalism versus Mechanism in the Interpretation of Lifep. 271
Accounting for the Origin of Lifep. 295
Evolution and Emergencep. 305
The Diminishing Role of God in Historyp. 313
Free Will versus Determinismp. 321
The Doctrine of the Two Magesteriap. 339
The Scientists Speak Up: The Theistsp. 349
The Scientists Speak Up: The Non-Theistsp. 361
Trends in Belief to the End of the Nineteenth Centuryp. 375
Secularism and Religion Continue to Competep. 385
Current Status and Future Prospectsp. 411
Referencesp. 425
Indexp. 459
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