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Konrad Talmont-Kamiński
Born1 January 1971[1]
Chojnice, Poland[1]
NationalityAustralian, Polish[1]
Alma materUniversity of Melbourne
University of Western Ontario
Monash University
Occupation(s)Philosopher
cognitive scientist
Notable workReligion as a Magical Ideology: How the Supernatural Reflects Rationality[2]
Websitehttps://deisidaimon.wordpress.com/about/

Konrad Talmont-Kamiński (born 1 January 1971 in Chojnice, Poland[1]) is an analytic philosopher and cognitive scientist, dealing with epistemology, philosophy of science, philosophy of mind and the theory of rationality.[3][4][5][6] His work is also influenced by psychology, biology, history, anthropology and other disciplines.[3][6]

He obtained his BA in History and Philosophy of Science from the University of Melbourne in Melbourne in 1994, his MA from the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada in 1995, and his doctorate from Monash University in Melbourne[7] in 1999, under the supervision of John Bigelow, PhD[3] He then moved to Poland in 2001,[4] where he first worked for the Polish Academy of Science, and later in the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin,[3] the Warsaw University of Finance and Management in Warsaw (now the University of Economics and Human Sciences in Warsaw), Psychology Department,[6] and University of Białystok in Białystok.[5] He publishes in journals such as The Monist, Frontiers in Psychology and Religion, Brain and Behavior,[4] and Skeptical Inquirer magazine.[8][9]

During his scholarship at the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research in Vienna, Austria he began working on the cognitive basis of supernatural beliefs (superstitions, magic, and religion).[4][6] The work resulted in a book published in 2014 Religion as a Magical Ideology: How the Supernatural Reflects Rationality,[2][4][5] for which he received his habilitation in 2014.[5] He also presents his works in many conferences in Australia and Europe. He will be a speaker at the 17th European Skeptics Congress in Wrocław, Poland, where he will give a speech: Cognition and the Science/Religion Debate.[4][10]

His current interests are the empirical implications of the model proposed in the book, connecting ritualised behaviour with superstition,[4] and the development of a broadly Peircean account of reason.[7]

Publications

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Selected publications:[11]

  • Commentary: Why Do You Believe in God?[12]
  • Commentary: Religious credence is not factual belief[13]
  • For God and Country, Not Necessarily for Truth: The Nonalethic Function of Superempirical Beliefs[14]
  • Why Do You Believe in God?[12]
  • Explaining representation, naturally[15]
  • Effective untestability and bounded rationality help in seeing religion as adaptive misbelief[16]

Books

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List of books by Konrad Talmont-Kamiński:[17]

  • Religion as Magical Ideology: How the Supernatural Reflects Rationality (Religion, Cognition and Culture) ISBN 9781844656448[2]
  • Regarding the Mind, Naturally: Naturalist Approaches to the Sciences of the Mental ISBN 9781443843416[18]
  • Beyond Description: Naturalism and Normativity (Texts in Philosophy) ISBN 9781904987918[19]

Lectures and interviews

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  • Interview: How can philosophy inform the science and religion dialogue?[20]
  • Lecture about magical thinking and religion[21]
  • Presentation of Konrad Talmont-Kamiński as a lecturer (in Polish)[22][23]
  • Why are religions so permanent? (in Polish)[24][25]
  • Lecture about ritualisation of human behaviour (in Polish)[26]

Reviews

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  • Review – The Cambridge Companion to the Philosophy of Biology[27]
  • Review – Re-Engineering Philosophy for Limited Beings[28]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Curriculum Vitae – Konrad Talmont-Kaminski; University of Finance and Management in Warsaw - Academia.edu". Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Konrad., Talmont-Kaminski (2013). Religion as magical ideology : how the supernatural reflects rationality. Bristol, Conn.: Acumen Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-84465-644-8. OCLC 857062477.
  3. ^ a b c d "dr hab. Konrad Talmont-Kamiński". Ośrodek Badań Filozoficznych (in Polish). 8 November 2005. Archived from the original on 24 January 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Klingenberg, Claire. "Konrad Talmont-Kaminski – European Skeptics Congress". euroscepticscon.org. Archived from the original on 18 September 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d "Konrad Talmont-Kaminski". Loop. Archived from the original on 11 November 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  6. ^ a b c d "Who am I?". Just Another Deisidaimon. 21 January 2007. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  7. ^ a b "Fellow Detail – People, KLI". kli.ac.at. Archived from the original on 3 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  8. ^ "Articles by Konrad Talmont-Kaminski – CSI". csicop.org. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  9. ^ Talmont-Kaminski, Konrad. "In a Mirror, Darkly: Does Superstition Reflect Rationality?". Skeptical Inquirer. 32 (4).
  10. ^ ESC European Skeptics Congress (3 July 2017), ESC 2017 – Konrad Talmont-Kaminski, archived from the original on 11 November 2017, retrieved 25 July 2017
  11. ^ "Konrad Talmont-Kaminski; University of Finance and Management in Warsaw – Academia.edu". vizja.academia.edu. Archived from the original on 15 January 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  12. ^ a b Talmont-Kaminski, Konrad; Wojcik, Adrian D. (2017). "Commentary: Why Do You Believe in God? Relationships between Religious Belief, Analytic Thinking, Mentalizing and Moral Concern". Frontiers in Psychology. 8: 607. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00607. ISSN 1664-1078. PMC 5403921. PMID 28487666.
  13. ^ Talmont-Kaminski, Konrad (2016). "Commentary: Religious credence is not factual belief". Frontiers in Psychology. 7: 1544. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01544. ISSN 1664-1078. PMC 5061739. PMID 27790166.
  14. ^ Talmont-Kaminski, Konrad (1 July 2013). "For God and Country, Not Necessarily for Truth: The Nonalethic Function of Superempirical Beliefs". The Monist. 96 (3): 447–461. doi:10.5840/monist201396320. ISSN 0026-9662.
  15. ^ Miłkowski, Marcin; Talmont-Kaminski, Konrad (2016). "Explaining representation, naturally". New Ideas in Psychology. 40: 1–2. doi:10.1016/j.newideapsych.2015.01.002.
  16. ^ Talmont-Kaminski, Konrad (2009). "Effective untestability and bounded rationality help in seeing religion as adaptive misbelief". Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 32 (6): 536–537. doi:10.1017/s0140525x0999135x. ISSN 1469-1825. S2CID 145416972.
  17. ^ "Amazon.com: Konrad Talmont-Kaminski: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle". Amazon. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  18. ^ Talmont-Kaminski, Konrad; Milkowski, Marcin (2013). Regarding the mind, naturally : naturalist approaches to the sciences of the mental. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. ISBN 978-1-4438-4341-6. OCLC 827083152.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  19. ^ edited by Marcin Milkowski and Konrad Talmud-Kaminski (2010). Beyond description : naturalism and normativity. London: College Publications. ISBN 978-1-904987-91-8. OCLC 646008747. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  20. ^ CCDLab Legare (20 July 2015), Konrad Talmont Kaminski, retrieved 25 July 2017
  21. ^ "Professor Konrad Talmont-Kaminski: Magical thinking and religion". Goldsmiths, University of London. Archived from the original on 11 November 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  22. ^ "prof. dr hab. Konrad Talmont-Kamiński – Wyższa Szkoła Finansów i Zarządzania w Warszawie". vizja.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  23. ^ WSFiZ Warszawa (6 September 2016), Professor Konrad Talmont Kamiński – FACULTY OF PSYCHOLOGY, retrieved 25 July 2017
  24. ^ "Dlaczego religie są tak trwałe? Konrad Talmont-Kamiński i Joanna Hańderek; Racjonalista TV" (in Polish). Racjonalista TV. 23 June 2017. Archived from the original on 11 November 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  25. ^ Racjonalista.tv (23 June 2017), Dlaczego religie są tak trwałe? Konrad Talmont-Kamiński i Joanna Hańderek, retrieved 25 July 2017
  26. ^ Wydział Filozofii KUL (3 January 2017), Konrad Talmont-Kaminski – Badanie rytualizacji zachowań ludzkich, retrieved 25 July 2017
  27. ^ Talmont-Kaminski, Konrad. "Review – The Cambridge Companion to the Philosophy of Biology – Philosophy". Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  28. ^ Talmont-Kaminski, Konrad. "Review – Re-Engineering Philosophy for Limited Beings – Philosophy". Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
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