Mere Theology by Alister McGrath

Author:Alister McGrath
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: SPCK
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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The underlying reason why memetics has failed is that it ‘has not provided any extra explanatory or predictive power beyond that available without the gene–meme analogy’. In other words, it has not provided any ‘added value’ in terms of providing new understanding of phenomena.

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The study of memetics has been characterized by ‘theoretical discussion of extreme abstraction and over ambition’. Edmonds singles out for special criticism unrealistic and over-ambitious attempts, often developed in advance of evidence, ‘to “explain” some immensely complex phenomena such as religion’. Yet for many of its more fanatical advocates, this is precisely the point of memetics – to explain away belief in God.

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