Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural PhenomenonPenguin, 6 בפבר׳ 2007 - 464 עמודים The New York Times bestseller – a “crystal-clear, constantly engaging” (Jared Diamond) exploration of the role that religious belief plays in our lives and our interactions For all the thousands of books that have been written about religion, few until this one have attempted to examine it scientifically: to ask why—and how—it has shaped so many lives so strongly. Is religion a product of blind evolutionary instinct or rational choice? Is it truly the best way to live a moral life? Ranging through biology, history, and psychology, Daniel C. Dennett charts religion’s evolution from “wild” folk belief to “domesticated” dogma. Not an antireligious screed but an unblinking look beneath the veil of orthodoxy, Breaking the Spell will be read and debated by believers and skeptics alike. |
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Breaking Which Spell? | 3 |
Some Questions About Science | 29 |
Why Good Things Happen | 54 |
THE EVOLUTION OF RELIGION | 95 |
Religion the Early Days | 116 |
The Evolution of Stewardship | 153 |
The Invention of Team Spirit | 175 |
Belief in Belief | 200 |
how can we home | 314 |
What shall we tell the children? | 321 |
Toxic memes | 328 |
Patience and politics | 334 |
A The New Replicators | 341 |
Some More Questions About Science | 359 |
The Bellboy and the Lady Named Tuck | 379 |
Kim Philby as a Real Case of Indeterminacy | 387 |
Toward a Buyers Guide to Religions | 249 |
IO Morality and Religion | 278 |
Now What Do We Do? | 308 |
Bibliography | 413 |
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Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon <span dir=ltr>Daniel C. Dennett</span> תצוגה מקדימה מוגבלת - 2006 |
Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon <span dir=ltr>Daniel Clement Dennett</span> תצוגה מקדימה מוגבלת - 2006 |
Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon <span dir=ltr>Daniel Clement Dennett</span> אין תצוגה מקדימה זמינה - 2006 |
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