| Course title | Cognitive Science of Religion |
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| Course code | KSA/KORE |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lecture + Seminar |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | 3 |
| Semester | Winter and summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 4 |
| Language of instruction | Czech |
| Status of course | Compulsory |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
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| Course content |
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1. Information about the course, students' responsibilities and the method of completion, Basic thesis of the cognitive approach to religion 2. Brief history of cognitive science of religion. 3. Cognitive and evolutionary theory of ritual. 4. Religious ideas and their transmission. 5. Contemporary evolutionary approaches to the study of religion 6. Theory of embodied and extended cognition. 7. Research protocol (research proposal) 8. Methods used in experimental research on religion. 9. Religious behavior and prosociality 10. Religious Disbelief and religion as morality (Will M. Gervais and Ara Norenzayan) 11. Seminar: Experimental exercise I. 12. Seminar: Experimental exercise II. 13. Final summary - explanation of replication errors and problems
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
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| Learning outcomes |
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In the course, the student learns about the origin, history, and methods of the cognitive science of religion. The course also includes a seminar in which the student learns to adopt an experimental way of thinking about a research topic.
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| Prerequisites |
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unspecified
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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The student develops a research proposal in a group on a given topic. The group will have the task of studying a professional article, understanding its procedure, and subsequently trying to come up with an improvement of this procedure, or possibly its innovative change, the so-called replication with a twist. Successful replication is an entry condition for joining the exam. |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Religion Studies (2019) | Category: Philosophy, theology | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Religion Studies (2019) | Category: Philosophy, theology | 3 | Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: - |