Por que a crença religiosa persiste na cultura? O conceito de epidemiologia de representação de Dan Sperber

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  • José Carlos Sant'Anna FAJE - Faculdade Jesuíta de Filosofia e Teologia

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Dan Sperber, epidemiologia de representação, ciências cognitivas da religião.

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Este texto tem por objetivo apresentar o problema teórico que a crença religiosa suscita em uma perspectiva evolutiva. A crença religiosa aparentemente não possui nenhum vestígio de ser um produto adaptativo da evolução humana, no entanto ela é fortemente aderente e pervasiva tanto individual quanto culturalmente. Para dissolver esse problema, a crença religiosa será abordada a partir das ciências cognitivas da religião, em especial sob o foco epidemiológico de Dan Sperber. Como resultado, ela será considerada como um subproduto de outros módulos cognitivos, adquirindo, assim, um caráter peculiar de crença reflexiva.

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Biografia do Autor

José Carlos Sant'Anna, FAJE - Faculdade Jesuíta de Filosofia e Teologia

Mestrando em Filosofia da Religião pela FAJE. Licenciado pela mesma instituição (2015). Pesquisa na área de Ciências Cognitivas da Religião.

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2019-05-31

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SANT’ANNA, J. C. Por que a crença religiosa persiste na cultura? O conceito de epidemiologia de representação de Dan Sperber. Controvérsia (UNISINOS) - ISSN 1808-5253, São Leopoldo, v. 15, n. 1, 2019. Disponível em: https://revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/controversia/article/view/16872. Acesso em: 29 abr. 2025.

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