TY - BOOK ID - 4864965 TI - Patterns of Rationality : Recurring Inferences in Science, Social Cognition and Religious Thinking PY - 2015 SN - 9783319177861 3319177850 9783319177854 3319177869 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Philosophy. KW - Epistemology. KW - Cognitive Psychology. KW - Computational Intelligence. KW - Philosophy of Science. KW - Evolutionary Biology. KW - Religious Studies. KW - Philosophy (General). KW - Genetic epistemology. KW - Science KW - Evolution (Biology). KW - Engineering. KW - Religion (General). KW - Consciousness. KW - Epistémologie génétique KW - Sciences KW - Evolution (Biologie) KW - Ingénierie KW - Conscience KW - Philosophie KW - Science_xPhilosophy. KW - Philosophy & Religion KW - Speculative Philosophy KW - Philosophy KW - Rationalism. KW - Belief and doubt. KW - Religion KW - Conviction KW - Doubt KW - Normal science KW - Philosophy of science KW - Religion. KW - Philosophy and science. KW - Evolutionary biology. KW - Computational intelligence. KW - Cognitive psychology. KW - Religious Studies, general. KW - Psychology, Cognitive KW - Cognitive science KW - Psychology KW - Intelligence, Computational KW - Artificial intelligence KW - Soft computing KW - Animal evolution KW - Animals KW - Biological evolution KW - Darwinism KW - Evolutionary biology KW - Evolutionary science KW - Origin of species KW - Biology KW - Evolution KW - Biological fitness KW - Homoplasy KW - Natural selection KW - Phylogeny KW - Science and philosophy KW - Epistemology KW - Theory of knowledge KW - Religion, Primitive KW - Atheism KW - God KW - Irreligion KW - Religions KW - Theology KW - Mental philosophy KW - Humanities KW - Consciousness KW - Credulity KW - Emotions KW - Knowledge, Theory of KW - Will KW - Agnosticism KW - Rationalism KW - Skepticism KW - Belief and doubt KW - Deism KW - Free thought KW - Realism KW - Construction KW - Industrial arts KW - Technology KW - Apperception KW - Mind and body KW - Perception KW - Spirit KW - Self KW - Developmental psychology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4864965 AB - The book is an epistemological monograph written from a multidisciplinary perspective. It provides a complex and realistic picture of cognition and rationality, as endowments aimed at making sense and reacting smartly to one’s environment, be it epistemic, social or simply ecological. The first part of the book analyzes scientific modeling as products of the biological necessity to cope with the environment and be able to draw as many inferences as possible about it. Moreover, it develops an epistemological framework which will be exploited in both the second part of the book, focusing on social cognition and cognitive niche construction, and the third part, dealing with the apparent irrationality of magical and religious belief. The book also discusses how both social networking and online religion influence cognition, rationality and irrational belief. ER -