Let's be realistic: Evolutionary complexity, epistemic probabilism, and the cognitive science of religion

Harvard Theological Review

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-64

  Day, Matthew ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 61149444839     PISSN: 00178160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0017816007001423     Document Type: Review

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