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Pascal Boyer

Pascal Robert Boyer is a Franco-American cognitive anthropologist and evolutionary psychologist, mostly known for his work in the cognitive science of religion. He studied at université Paris-Nanterre and Cambridge, and taught at the University of Cambridge for eight years, before taking up the position of Henry Luce Professor of Individual and…

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Education
University of Paris · St John's College, Cambridge
Institutions
Washington University in St. Louis
Notable works
Religion Explained
Occupations
Cognitive anthropologist · evolutionary psychologist
Title
Henry Luce Professor of Individual and Collective Memory

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Pascal Boyer → Cognitive anthropologist, evolutionary psychologist
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Pascal Boyer → Washington University in St. Louis
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