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1598Religious Cognition as Social CognitionStudia Religiologica 48 (4): 301-312. 2015.In this paper, I examine the relationship between social cognition and religious cognition. Many cognitive theories of religion claim that these two forms are somehow related, but the details are usually left unexplored and insights from theories of social cognition are not taken on board. I discuss the three main (groups of) theories of social cognition, namely the theory-theory, the simulation theory and enactivist theories. Secondly, I explore how these theories can help to enrich a number of…Read more
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35Book Review on The Philosophical Challenge from China (review)Comparative Philosophy 7 (1). 2016.In this paper, I review the book The Philosophical Challenge from China, edited by Brian Bruya. I critically discuss each of the 13 contributions.
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13Rob Lovering. God and Evidence. Bloomsbury, 2013European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 8 (1): 254--260. 2016.
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19J. A. Van Slyke, The Cognitive Science of Religion, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2011European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 8 (4): 231--233. 2016.
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113There Is No Sensus DivinitatisJournal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies 15 (45): 24-40. 2016.Inspired by Alvin Plantinga, many philosophers of religion accept the existence of a sensus divinitatis, a cognitive mechanism that produces religious beliefs. In this paper I will argue that there are no good reasons to accept the existence of a sensus divinitatis and hence its existence should not be affirmed. Plantinga gives two arguments for its existence, one empirical and one from the nature of God. I will argue that the first argument fails because God’s nature makes it more likely that h…Read more
VU University Amsterdam
PhD, 2018
Areas of Specialization
Metaphysics and Epistemology |
Areas of Interest
Metaphysics and Epistemology |