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William Rand Kenan Jr. University Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, Center for Mind, Brain, and Culture, Emory University

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August 04, 2023

Darwinian Bases of Religious Meaning:  Interactionism, General Interpretive Theories, and 6E Cognitive Science (PDF)→

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R.N. McCauley (2023). Journal of Cognition and Culture 23 (1-2), 1-27.

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June 01, 2016

Cognitive and Evolutionary Approaches to Religion (book chapter) [PDF]→

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R.N. McCauley (2016). Blackwell Companion to Naturalism. K. Clark (ed.). Oxford:  Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 462-480.

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March 20, 2014

About Face: Philosophical Naturalism, the Heuristic Identity Theory, and Recent Findings about Prosopagnosia (book chapter) [PDF]→

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Robert N. McCauley. (2012) New Perspectives on Type Identity: The Mental and the Physical. S. Gozzano and C. S. Hill (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 186-206.

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Time Is of the Essence [PDF]→

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Explanatory Pluralism and Accommodating Theories about Long Term Processes

Robert N. McCauley (2009). Philosophical Psychology 22, 611-635.

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March 20, 2014

Reduction: Models of Cross-Scientific Relations and Their Implications for the Psychology-Neuroscience Interface [PDF]→

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R.N. McCauley (2007). Handbook of the Philosophy of Science: Philosophy of Psychology and Cognitive Science. P. Thagard (ed.). Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 105-158.

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March 20, 2014

Enriching Philosophical Models of Cross-Scientific Relations: Incorporating Diachronic Theories (book chapter) [PDF]→

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Robert N. McCauley (2007). The Matter of the Mind: Philosophical Essays on Psychology, Neuroscience and Reduction. M. Schouten and H. Looren de Jong (eds.). Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 199-223.

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March 20, 2014

Susceptibility to the Müller-Lyer Illusion, Theory-Neutral Observation, and the Diachronic Cognitive Penetrability of the Visual Input System [PDF]→

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Robert N. McCauley and Joseph Henrich (2006). Philosophical Psychology 19, 79-101.

* See the Muller-Lyer illusion (PowerPoint)

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Explanatory Pluralism and the Heuristic Identity Theory [PDF]→

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Robert N. McCauley and William Bechtel (2001). Theory and Psychology 11, 738-761.

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March 20, 2014

Review of On the Contrary→

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Critical Essays, 1987-1997, P. M. Churchland and P.S. Churchland

Robert N. McCauley (2000). The Journal of Philosophy 97, 297-301.

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March 20, 2014

Heuristic Identity Theory (or Back to the Future) {book chapter} [PDF]→

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The Mind-Body Problem Against the Background of Research Strategies in Cognitive Neuroscience

W. Bechtel and R.N. McCauley (1999). Proceedings of the Twenty-First Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. M. Hahn and S. C. Stones (eds.). Mahway, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 67-72.

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Levels of Explanation and Cognitive Architectures (book chapter) [PDF]→

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R.N. McCauley (1998). Blackwell Companion to Cognitive Science. W. Bechtel and G. Graham (eds.). Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, pp. 611-624.

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Why the Blind Can't Lead the Blind [PDF]→

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Dennett on the Blind Spot, Blindsight, and Sensory Qualia

R.N. McCauley (1993). Consciousness and Cognition 2, 155-164.

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Professor McCauley presented the Gifford Lecture: Religions and Their Cognitive Kin in the King’s College Conference Centre at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland

Noteworthy Articles

  • The Naturalness of Religion and the Unnaturalness of Science

    — Explanation and Cognition

  • Explanatory Pluralism and the Heuristic Identity Theory

    — Theory and Psychology

  • Reduction: Models of Cross-Scientific Relations and Their Implications for the Psychology-Neuroscience Interface

    — Handbook of the Philosophy of Science: Philosophy of Psychology and Cognitive Science

  • Susceptibility to the Muller-Lyer Illusion, Theory Neutral Observation, and the Diachronic Cognitive Penetrability of the Visual Input System

    — Philosophical Psychology

  • Time Is of the Essence: Explanatory Pluralism and Accommodating Theories About Long Term Processes

    — Philosophical Psychology

  • Domesticating Scrupulosity

    — The Natural Method: Ethics, Mind, and Self

  • The Importance of Being “Ernest”

    — Creating Consilience: Integrating the Sciences and the Humanities

  • Intertheoretic Relations and the Future of Psychology

    — Philosophy of Science

Recommended Sites

  • Center for Mind, Brain, and Culture

  • EdX MOOC: Science of Religion

  • Robert’s Psychology Today blog: Why Religion Is Natural and Science Is Not

  • International Cognition and Culture Institute

  • Pascal Boyer’s website

  • Tom Lawson’s website 

  • Joe Henrich’s website

  • Harvey Whitehouse’s website

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