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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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Oct
15
9:00 AM09:00

The Cognitive Naturalness of Religiosity (Virtual)

  • Wednesday, October 15, 2025
  • 9:00 AM 5:00 PM 09:00 17:00
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5th Sharif International School on Theism: East and West
Theism and Natural Sciences: Physics and Cognitive Science
Graduate Center for Philosophy of Science, Sharif University of Technology
Tehran, Iran

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Oct
2
9:00 AM09:00

Modeling Cross-Scientific Relations: Explanatory Pluralism and Modes of Scientific Theorizing

  • Thursday, October 2, 2025
  • 9:00 AM 5:00 PM 09:00 17:00
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Conference on Cognitive Science and the Naturalisation of Anthropological Categories Fondation Fyssen
Paris, France

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May
6
9:00 AM09:00

Interview With Robert McCauley

  • Monday, May 6, 2024
  • 9:00 AM 5:00 PM 09:00 17:00
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Conversations in Culture and Evolution
Culture and Evolution Group, Catalan Institute of Anthropology

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Apr
12
11:30 AM11:30

Why Religion Is Natural and Science Is Not

  • Friday, April 12, 2024
  • 11:30 AM 1:30 PM 11:30 13:30
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Oglethorpe University

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Oct
14
to Oct 15

Naturalism, Evolution, and Religion: Presentations in Honor of Professor Robert N. McCauley

  • Sat, Oct 14, 2023 2:00 PM 14:00 Sun, Oct 15, 2023 5:00 PM 17:00
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Emory University

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Oct
18
6:00 PM18:00

Religions and Their Cognitive Kin

  • Tuesday, October 18, 2022
  • 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 18:00 19:00
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Gifford Lecture
University of Aberdeen, Scotland

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Nov
17
6:00 PM18:00

Panelist: Computational Modeling at the Interface of Traditional Religious Studies and Cognitive Science of Religion

  • Saturday, November 17, 2018
  • 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 18:00 19:00
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Denver, CO

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Jun
14
5:00 PM17:00

Cognition, Religious Gadgetry, and Mental Disorders

  • Thursday, June 14, 2018
  • 5:00 PM 6:00 PM 17:00 18:00
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Free University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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May
9
to May 14

The Attractions of Religions: Religious Gadgets and Mental Disorders

  • Wed, May 9, 2018 12:30 PM 12:30 Mon, May 14, 2018 10:30 AM 10:30
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Ettore Majorana Foundation and International Centre for Scientific Culture
Erice, Sicily, Italy

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Feb
9
3:30 PM15:30

Why Religion Is Natural and Science Is Not

  • Friday, February 9, 2018
  • 3:30 PM 4:30 PM 15:30 16:30
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Savannah, GA

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Feb
8
2:30 PM14:30

Why Religion Is Natural and Science Is Not

  • Thursday, February 8, 2018
  • 2:30 PM 3:30 PM 14:30 15:30
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Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA

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Oct
27
to Oct 28

Autism, Supernatural Agent Attribution, and Religiosity

  • Fri, Oct 27, 2017 9:00 AM 09:00 Sat, Oct 28, 2017 1:00 PM 13:00
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Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH

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Sep
28
10:00 AM10:00

The History of Science and the Science of History

  • Thursday, September 28, 2017
  • 10:00 AM 11:00 AM 10:00 11:00
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Duke University
Durham, NC

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Mar
3
3:30 PM15:30

Gods in Disorder: Schizophrenia, Religious Experience, and Hearing Voices

  • Friday, March 3, 2017
  • 3:30 PM 4:30 PM 15:30 16:30
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Atlanta, Georgia

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Feb
7
12:00 PM12:00

A General Assertion Is Worth Innumerable Pictures

  • Tuesday, February 7, 2017
  • 12:00 PM 1:00 PM 12:00 13:00
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Williamsport, Pennsylvania

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Oct
29
3:00 PM15:00

Schizophrenia, Religious Experience, and Disownership of Self

  • Saturday, October 29, 2016
  • 3:00 PM 4:00 PM 15:00 16:00
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Atlanta, Georgia

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Aug
23
12:00 PM12:00

Schizophrenia, Religious Experience, and Disownership of Self

  • Tuesday, August 23, 2016
  • 12:00 PM 1:00 PM 12:00 13:00
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Apr
7
4:30 PM16:30

Maturationally Natural Cognition and the Human Susceptibility to Acquire Religious Representations

  • Thursday, April 7, 2016
  • 4:30 PM 5:30 PM 16:30 17:30
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Mar
4
1:00 PM13:00

The Cognitive Unnaturalness of Abstract Reasoning and Science

  • Friday, March 4, 2016
  • 1:00 PM 2:00 PM 13:00 14:00
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Daytona Beach, Florida

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Dec
4
2:00 PM14:00

The Cognitive By-Product Theory and Explanatory Pluralism in Science

  • Friday, December 4, 2015
  • 2:00 PM 3:00 PM 14:00 15:00
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Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Nov
21
12:00 PM12:00

Developmental Evidence for Natural Bases for Morality Without Religion

  • Saturday, November 21, 2015
  • 12:00 PM 1:00 PM 12:00 13:00
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Atlanta, Georgia

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Nov
21
8:30 AM08:30

Religious Experience, Schizophrenia, and Disownership of Self

  • Saturday, November 21, 2015
  • 8:30 AM 11:30 AM 08:30 11:30
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Atlanta, Georgia

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Oct
16
5:00 PM17:00

The Cognitive Science of Religion: Opportunities for Modeling and Simulation

  • Friday, October 16, 2015
  • 5:00 PM 6:00 PM 17:00 18:00
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Suffolk, VA

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Apr
10
9:30 AM09:30

Why Religion Is Natural and Science Is Not

  • Friday, April 10, 2015
  • 9:30 AM 10:30 AM 09:30 10:30
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Austin, Texas

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Mar
31
9:00 AM09:00

Why Religion Is Natural and Science Is Not

  • Tuesday, March 31, 2015
  • 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 09:00 10:00
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Hattiesburg, Mississippi

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Mar
13
1:30 PM13:30

Explanatory Pluralism and the Cognitive Science of Religion

  • Friday, March 13, 2015
  • 1:30 PM 2:30 PM 13:30 14:30
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Middlebury, Vermont

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Mar
6
12:00 PM12:00

Maturationally Natural Cognition Impedes Science and Facilitates Religion

  • Friday, March 6, 2015
  • 12:00 PM 1:00 PM 12:00 13:00
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Jan
13
9:30 AM09:30

Why Religion Is Natural and Science Is Not

  • Tuesday, January 13, 2015
  • 9:30 AM 10:30 AM 09:30 10:30
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Macau

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Oct
17
9:00 AM09:00

The Evolution Revolution in the Study of Religion

  • Friday, October 17, 2014
  • 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 09:00 10:00
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British Columbia, Canada

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Sep
26
3:30 PM15:30

Four Ways Science Progresses

  • Friday, September 26, 2014
  • 3:30 PM 4:30 PM 15:30 16:30
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Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
 

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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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