Bridging the Brentano Gorge: An Introduction to Daniel Dennett's Breaking the Spell

Author: Day, Matthew1

Source: Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, Volume 20, Number 1, 2008 , pp. 1-6(6)

Publisher: BRILL

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Abstract:

In this introduction to a special MTSR issue dedicated to Breaking the Spell, I outline the broad philosophical contours of Daniel Dennett's career and its relevance for scholars of religion. By focusing attention on how Dennett's understanding of cognition is informed by a Darwinian principle of naturally selected "design," my goal is to explain why many academics in the field had high hopes for his account of religious cognition's natural origins.

Keywords: DANIEL DENNETT; FRANZ BRENTANO; W.V.O. QUINE; INTENTIONALITY; GOOD DESIGN

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1163/157006808X260296

Affiliations: 1: Department of Religion, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1520

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