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Justin L. Barrett
Researcher at Fuller Theological Seminary
Publications - 88
Citations - 4514
Justin L. Barrett is an academic researcher from Fuller Theological Seminary. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cognitive science of religion & Counterintuitive. The author has an hindex of 31, co-authored 88 publications receiving 4225 citations. Previous affiliations of Justin L. Barrett include Calvin College & University of Michigan.
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The Roots of Religion: Exploring the Cognitive Science of Religion
Roger Trigg,Justin L. Barrett +1 more
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Evil Intuitions? The Problem of Evil, Experimental Philosophy, and the Need for Psychological Research
TL;DR: The main aim of as mentioned in this paper is to highlight how the resources of experimental philosophy could be fruitfully applied to the evidential problem of evil, and how experimental philosophy can be used for this purpose.
In search of 'folk anthropology': The cognitive anthropology of the person
Emma Cohen,Justin L. Barrett +1 more
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Looking Past vs. Overlooking Cognitive–Evolutionary Accounts of Religion: A Response to Nathaniel Barrett
TL;DR: The authors argue that Barrett mischaracterizes the breadth of the current research program in three ways: (1) it is not wedded to defining religion in terms of supernatural or fictive beliefs, (2) it does not construe the disposition to religious belief as "hard-wired" and context-insensitive, and (3) it do not presume an adaptationist, strongly modular account of mind.
Chapter 11. Metarepresentation, Homo religiosus , and Homo symbolicus
TL;DR: If the ability to form mental representations about mental representations (metarepresentation) is a key factor enabling and encouraging religious expression, then the same cognitive equipment that underwrites symbolism also gave rise to religion, and the two could have evolved concurrently.