Review article

Religion in darwinian paradigm: Daniel Dennett on religion

Bruno Petrušić orcid.org/0000-0002-9275-8497 ; Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Split

Abstract

Daniel Dennett is a significant and influential American philosopher, mostly known to the Croatian academic circle through the New Atheism movement, of which he is a prominent representative. This paper presents his perception of religion that is developing in a Darwinian paradigm, in which science plays a key role. That paradigm is strongly counter-intuitive and consequently problematic and inaccessible to most people. The article presents Dennett’s efforts to bring the paradigm closer to readers, and then it puts forward his perception of religion as a natural phenomenon, its evolution and role in contemporary democratic society.

Keywords

Daniel Dennett; Darwinian paradigm; religion; science; intuition; New Atheism

Hrčak ID:

173294

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/173294

Publication date:

25.12.2016.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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