Evolution, Religion, and Cognitive Science: Critical and Constructive Essays
- ISBN-10
- 0199688087
- ISBN-13
- 9780199688081
- Category
- Psychology
- Pages
- 252
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Authors
- Fraser Watts, Léon P. Turner
Description
Outgrowth in part of two conferences held in Cambridge in 2009: the Darwin Festival and a conference of the International Society for Science and Religion. (Preface).
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