Protean cognition, Machiavellian Intelligence and multiple aesthetic natures

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Before I begin this post, I just want to note that I will be using many complex terms from evolutionary biology throughout. I will do my best to stop and explain them, but should I let one pass without explaining it then Google is your friend!

Firstly, a brief outline of the post. Several [...]

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On the cognitive origins of religion

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(Note: this is a “brief” summary of my MA dissertation. It’s still rather long, but hopefully of interest to those studying the cognitive science of religion)

Abstract

In this piece I attempt to develop an account of the cognitive origins of religion; firstly, by arguing that the emergence of modern human consciousness during the [...]