The Error of God?
The study of cooperation in humans and other animals has been hugely influenced by game theory, an analytical approach to strategic behavior that began life at Princeton with John von Neumann and Oskar...
View ArticleThe Evolution of Leadership
We often think of “leadership” as a uniquely human trait, conjuring up images of historical giants such as Gandhi or Churchill, as well as infamous ones like Hitler or Stalin. Current events also...
View ArticleProsocial Debating
A guest blog by Richard Sosis Although I have studied religion for the past decade, until this past weekend I had never attended an annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion. This year the...
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Santa Barbara Project Meeting
A guest blog by Zoey Reeve Our penultimate project meeting took place from 7-9 January at the Four Seasons Biltmore hotel, Santa Barbara. Nestled between crystal waters, white sands, and breath-taking...
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The Evolution of Conscience
I recently returned from an amazing conference on the Evolution of Conscience in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The idea that conscience might be an evolved trait was originally proposed by Darwin in The...
View ArticleSosis Launches “Religion, Brain & Behavior”
Richard Sosis (along with Patrick McNamara and Wesley Wildman) have launched a new journal called Religion, Brain & Behavior. The aim of Religion, Brain & Behavior (RBB) is to provide a vehicle...
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The God Instinct
Jesse Bering’s new book, The God Instinct: The Psychology of Souls, Destiny and the Meaning of Life, has just been published in the UK. The God Instinct offers Jesse’s surprising and original take on...
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Debating Supernatural Punishment
The new journal Religion, Brain and Behavior (RBB) hosts a debate in its inaugural issue on the role of supernatural punishment in evolutionary theories of religion. Jeff Schloss and Michael Murray...
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Cold Feet: On Applying Research from the Cognitive and Evolutionary Sciences...
Guest blog by Richard Sosis I recently attended a fascinating one-day seminar at Georgetown University’s Berkley Center on the implications of the cognitive and evolutionary sciences of religion (CESR)...
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Princeton Project: Evolution and Human Nature
The Center of Theological Inquiry at Princeton will convene an interdisciplinary research team of theologians and scientists in residence during 2012-2013 to address questions of nature and nurture...
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