Archive for the 'sociology' Category

Atheism as the out-group

• September 3, 2009 • 3 Comments

Posted in Psychology, atheism, cognition, evolution, religion, research, sociology


Fixation in Teorema

• June 12, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Articles, Draft texts, Herbert Simon, Philosophy, Psychology, anthropology, atheism, bounded rationality, cognition, naturalism, philosophy of language, pragmatism, rationality, religion, research, sociology, supernatural, superstition


Pigliucci on Haidt

• September 15, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Philosophy, cognitive psychology, evolutionary biology, rationality, sociology


Why do people vote Republican?

• September 11, 2008 • 2 Comments

Posted in Articles, Psychology, cognitive psychology, sociology


Fact, fable, and Stark

• July 18, 2008 • 2 Comments

Posted in evolution, evolutionary biology, religion, research, science, sociology


Article for The Skeptic

• July 14, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Articles, Biology, Richard Dawkins, atheism, evolutionary biology, religion, research, sociology


Outline of In a Mirror, Darkly: How Superstitions Reflect Rationality

• March 14, 2008 • 5 Comments

Posted in Herbert Simon, Philosophy, Psychology, bounded rationality, cognitive psychology, dual process reasoning, evolution, evolutionary biology, explanation, postdoc, rationality, religion, research, science, sociology, supernatural, superstition


The fixation of superstitious beliefs

• February 5, 2008 • 17 Comments

Posted in Draft texts, Philosophy, Psychology, anthropology, bounded rationality, cognition, evolution, rationality, religion, research, science, sociology, supernatural, superstition


Magic, superstition and Durkheim

• December 14, 2007 • 2 Comments

Posted in Psychology, anthropology, research, science, sociology, superstition


Zusne and Jones on magic in traditional and Western societies

• December 5, 2007 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Books, anthropology, cost-benefit analysis, rationality, sociology, superstition


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