Abstract
Asserting that both scientists and religious thinkers are involved in telling stories about the past and spinning scenarios about the future, I first compare and contrast the purposes of scientific and religious storytelling. Then, in light of some recent work on brain and language evolution, I offer a possible story about how humans might have become storytellers. Finally, I discuss how religious stories might be evaluated pragmatically and even scientifically by developing Lakatosian‐type research programs.
Keywords
creativity, evolutionary epistemology, pragmatism, theology and science, human evolution, empirical theology, brain evolution
How to Cite
Peters, K., (1997) “Storytellers and Scenario Spinners: Some Reflections on Religion and Science in Light of a Pragmatic, Evolutionary Theory of Knowledge”, Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 32(4), 465–489. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/0591-2385.00107