理性的边界：现代社会中的科学与宗教

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1、TheEdgeofReason?ThispageintentionallyleftblankTheEdgeofReason?ScienceandReligioninModernSocietyEditedbyAlexBentleyContinuumInternationalPublishingGroupTheTowerBuilding80MaidenLane11YorkRoadSuite704LondonSE17NXNewYorkNY10038www.continuumbooks.com©AlexBentleyandContributors2008Allrightsr

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4、nbyMPGBooksLtd,Bodmin,CornwallContentsContributorsixForewordxviiMaryMidgleyIntroduction1AlexBentleyPartIShouldscientistschallengereligiousbeliefsinmodernsociety?1Scienceandreligion-negotiatingthe21stcenturyrapids15DenisR.Alexander2Whynewatheistdefinitionsofreligionsfail23MarkHulsether3A

5、boriginalversusWesternCreationism31RobertLayton4Scienceversusanthropology,notreligion39SimonColeman5Atheismandliberty47MichaelShermerPartIIIsreligioninevitable?Prehistoryandevolution6Theevolutionofwarfare57HerbertD.G.MaschnerandKatherineL.Reedy-Maschner7Whywearegood:Mirrorneuronsandthe

6、rootsofempathy65GordySlackviContents8Theevolutionofreligion73LewisWolpert9Isreligioninevitable?Anarchaeologist’sviewfromthepast82StevenMithen10Artificials,orwhyDarwinwaswrongabouthumans95TimothyTaylorPartIIIIsreligionharmful?Frombrainstosocieties11Brainscienceandbelief109AndrewNewberg12

7、WhyRichardDawkinsiswrongaboutreligion119DavidSloanWilson13Publicterrorversuspublicgood137IanReader14Buddhism:IstherebetterbalanceintheEast?145HirokoKawanamiPartIVCanscienceitselfinspirespiritualwonder?Broaderviews15Canscientificdiscoverybeareligiousexperience?155JohnHedleyBrooke16Heav