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SUMMARY:Gastvortrag: How the Sociology and History of Religion can meet th
 e Cognitive and Psychological Sciences: What we need from them and they ne
 ed from us.
DTSTART:20170626T161500Z
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DESCRIPTION:Gastvortrag von Prof. Dr. Armin Geertz (Aarhus Universitet)\n\
 nThis talk will address a wide variety of issues in introductory form and\
 , hopefully\, give at least an indication of the possible avenues of inter
 action and cooperation between the human\, social\, and natural sciences. 
 There are at least three obvious meeting places or intersections:\n\n\n	ev
 olution\, deep history\, and social evolution (biological\, neurological\,
  and social theory)\,\n	the minds in\, behind\, and beyond texts\, monumen
 ts\, material objects and images (history and archaeology)\, and\n	the min
 ds and bodies of living religious people (anthropology and sociology).\n\n
 \nOf course\, there are obvious problems in any multimodal\, multidiscipli
 nary attempt. Each science has its own concepts\, theories\, methods\, nar
 rative and procedural styles\, all of which create mutually incomprehensib
 le worlds of their own. Thus\, there is a great need for translation betwe
 en the sciences and disciplines.\n\nWhy should we\, one might ask\, use so
  much effort when there is so much else to do? Why should we brush up on o
 ur knowledge of chemistry\, the brain\, genetics\, zoology\, and evolution
 ary theory? We have challenges enough in learning languages\, trying to de
 cipher highly exotic texts\, or keeping track of informants in the field. 
 The answer to these questions is that there have been considerable breakth
 roughs in the sciences (and archaeology) concerning human evolution\, phys
 iology\, neuropsychology\, and social behavior. These breakthroughs demand
  explanation. On the one hand\, no explanation will be adequate without th
 e knowledge and competencies of the humanities and social sciences. On the
  other hand\, explanations by scholars in the humanities and social scienc
 es will not be adequate without the knowledge and competencies of the natu
 ral and psychological sciences. Human beings evolve\, live\, and die\, lea
 ving their mark in genes\, culture\, society\, and the environment. All of
  the sciences and disciplines have important contributions to make in unde
 rstanding and explaining who we are\, where we came from\, and where we ar
 e going. Surely\, these are issues of central importance to the scientific
  study of religion!\n
LOCATION:CERES-Palais\, Raum "Ruhrpott" (4.13)
URL:https://ceres.rub.de/de/events/guest-lecture-armin-geertz/
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