The Evolution of Religions

Wunn, Ina

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“…Though Rowe [63] strongly opposed to the adoption of the linguistic construct of Fernando de la Carrera by Larco Hoyle for describing ancient "Moche" religion, the term Ai Apaec established for some time as denomination of therianthrope beings with fanged mouth. Inca religion as the beliefs of a more stratified society, and in line with Bellah's [64] developmental concept of religion paralleling the level of socio-political complexity [65,66], comes closer to the worship of god-like entities [67], but there is still a lot of Western/ Christian/Spanish prejudice in the terminology applied by the early chroniclers [68].…”

Section: Neurobiological Cognition Theorymentioning

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A Multi Theory Approach for Studying Presumed Ritual Pottery - The Stirrup Spout Bottle as a Case Study from the Pre-Hispanic Andes

Wilke¹

2019

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Anthropological art and culture theory, neurobiological cognition theory, comparative religious studies, form-function analysis as well as archaeological and pictorial scenic context information are used to identify the hitherto unknown functionality of the stirrup spout bottle, a predominant pre-Hispanic vessel type at the Peruvian north coast, and to allocate this and further spouted bottle types to its presumed cultural domain: the religious-cosmological realm. The inferential limits of ethnographic analogy and of traditional art historical approaches of artifact interpretation are considered, as well as the caveats of meta-level inferences from archaeological finds without written context, and how to deal with the epistemological ambiguity of material produces as results of human intentional acts. Ethnographic, ethnohistorical and the limited archaeological evidence points to ritual consumption of hallucinogenic drugs in the pre-Hispanic Andes, which the spouted vessels may have been involved in as containers and administering devices. However, in the absence of residue analyses and without proof of psychoactive alkaloids or its degradation products, even an occasional use of the spouted bottles as containers for drug storage and administration stays hypothetical.

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Section: Neurobiological Cognition Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

A Multi Theory Approach for Studying Presumed Ritual Pottery - The Stirrup Spout Bottle as a Case Study from the Pre-Hispanic Andes

Wilke¹

2019

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The Crux of a Darwinian Approach on Evolution: What is Evolution, and what did evolve?

Wunn

2015

Interdisziplinäre Anthropologie

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Mind the (Unbridgeable) Gaps

Ambasciano¹

2016

Method Theory Study Religion

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In this paper, I explore two of the most pernicious kinds of scientific distortions and misconceptions pertinent to the study of religion (i.e., pseudoscientific trends focused on allegedly paranormal/supernatural phenomena and discontinuity between human and non-human cognition), arguing that: a) the adherence to the prestigious reputation of Eliadean academic frameworks may still cause grave distortions in the comprehension of relevant scientific fields; b) a reliance on cognition alone does not guaranteeipso factoa more epistemically warranted study of religion; c) an evolutionary and cognitively continuist approach to the study of religion is, instead, the most promising and fundamental scholarly tool to bridge the gap between the humanities and the natural sciences, even though it remains a long-term goal; d) the obsolete language of “aboriginal cultures” as open-air museums for our past is rooted in the aforementioned misconceptions and, though basically flawed, is still very much alive.

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The Evolution of Religions

Cited by 6 publications

References 6 publications

A Multi Theory Approach for Studying Presumed Ritual Pottery - The Stirrup Spout Bottle as a Case Study from the Pre-Hispanic Andes

A Multi Theory Approach for Studying Presumed Ritual Pottery - The Stirrup Spout Bottle as a Case Study from the Pre-Hispanic Andes

The Crux of a Darwinian Approach on Evolution: What is Evolution, and what did evolve?

Mind the (Unbridgeable) Gaps

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