ZYGO Zygon® 0591-2385 1467-9744 10.1111/j.1467-9744.1991.tb00806.x PHILOSOPHICAL AND RELIGIOUS IMPLICATIONS OF COGNITIVE SOCIAL LEARNING THEORIES OF PERSONALITY Rottschaefer William A. 02 03 1991 26 1 10.1111/zygo.1991.26.issue-1 137 148

Abstract. This paper sketches an alternative answer to James Jones's recent attempt to explore the implications of cognitive social learning theories of personality for issues in epistemology, philosophy of science, and religious studies. Since the 1960s, two cognitive revolutions have taken place in scientific psychology: the first made cognition central to theories of perception, memory, problem solving, and so on; the second made cognition central to theories of learning and behavior, among others. Cognitive social learning theories find their place in the latter revolution. Because of an ongoing naturalistic revolution in philosophy, these cognitive revolutions in psychology are having a profound effect on both descriptive and normative issues in epistemology and philosophy of science. From the naturalistic perspective, philosophy cannot adequately pursue its goals without the contributions of the empirical sciences, including psychology. The author concludes that the cognitive revolutions in psychology and the naturalistic revolution in philosophy have similar descriptive and normative import for the study of religion.

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