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Journal Articles

 Files provided here are penultimate drafts, where possible. 
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Davis, T. and Kelly, D. "A Framework for the Emotional Psychology of Group Membership." Review of Philosophy and Psychology. 



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​Levine, S., Rottman, R., Davis, T., O'Neill, E., Stich, S. and Machery, E. "Religion's Impact on Conceptions of the Moral Domain." Social Cognition.







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​Davis, T. “Beyond Objectivism: New Methods for Studying Metaethical Intuitions” 
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Nagatsu, M., Davis, T., DesRoches, C. T., Koskinen, I., MacLeod, M., Stojanovic, M., Thorén, H. "Philosophy of Science for Sustainability Science." 
Sustainability Science.​
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​Yu, D. J., Chang, H., Davis, T. T., Hillis, V., Marston, L. T., Oh, W. S., Sivapalan, M. & Waring, T. M. “Socio-hydrology: An Interplay of Design and Self-organization in a Multilevel World. Ecology and Society 25(4): 22. (8,422 words)


​Davis, T., Hennes, E. and Raymond, L. “Cultural Evolution of Normative Motivations for Sustainable Behaviour.” Nature: Sustainability 1, 218-224.



Kelly, D. and Davis, T. “Social Norms and Human Normative Psychology.” Social Philosophy and Policy, 35(1), 54-76.



​Davis, T. and Kelly, D. “Norms, Not Moral Norms: The Boundaries of Morality Don’t Matter.” Comment on K. Stanford, The Difference Between Ice Cream and Nazis: Moral Externalization and the Evolution of Human Cooperation. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 41, e101.


Davis, T. “The Goldberg Exaptation Model: Integrating Adaptation and By-product Theories of Religion.” Review of Philosophy and Psychology 8(3), 687-708.



Davis, T. “Group Selection in the Evolution of Religion: Genetic Evolution or Cultural Evolution?” Journal of Cognition and Culture 15(3-4), 235-253.



​Deery, O., Davis, T., & Carey, J. “The Free-Will Intuitions Scale and the Question of Natural Compatibilism.” Philosophical Psychology 28(6), 776-801.


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Deery, O., Davis, T., & Carey, J. “Defending The Free-Will Intuitions Scale: Reply to Stephen Morris.” Philosophical Psychology 28(6), 808-814.


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​Davis, T. & Margolis, E. “The Priority of the Individual in Cultural Inheritance.” Comment on P. E. Smaldino, The Cultural Evolution of Emergent Group-Level Traits. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 37(3), 257-258.


​Marsh, R. L., Hicks, J. L., & Davis, T. “Source Monitoring Does Not Alleviate (and May Exacerbate) the Occurrence of Memory Conjunction Errors.” Journal of Memory and Language 47, 315-326.
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davisforthcoming-beyond_objectivism-penultimate.pdf
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PoS-for-SusSci.pdf
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davishennesraymond2018-normativemotivationssustainability-penultimate.pdf
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kellydavis2018-socialnormsnormativepsych-penultimate.pdf
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davis2017-goldbergexaptationmodel-penultimate.pdf
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Book Chapters

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Davis, T. "Dual-Inheritance, Common Sense and the Justification of Religious Belief.” In R. Peels, J. de Ridder and R. van Woudenberg (Eds.), Scientific Challenges to Common Sense Philosophy, Routledge.



​Davis, T. "Cultural Group Selection and the Evolution of Religion." In Y. Lior and J. Lane (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Evolutionary Approaches to Religion, ​Routledge.
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Book Review

2003

Fragaszy, D. M., Williams, C., Landau, K., Parthasarathy, V., & Davis, T. 2003.  Review of Origins of Intelligence, by S. Parker and M. McKinney. “An Architecture for Comparative Cognitive Development.” American Journal of Primatology 59, 133-137.

Dissertation
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Cultural Evolution and the Evolution of Religion

The emerging science of cultural evolution and the emerging science of religious evolution (the evolution of traits distinguishing religious individuals from non-religious ones) have recently entered into a reciprocal relationship, each having something to offer the other. The theory of cultural evolution offers the field of religious evolution a powerful set of concepts for explaining important traits and facts that are not explained by genetic evolution. But the theory of cultural evolution itself faces important challenges, and is often misunderstood, and focusing on religion makes some abstract and difficult questions more concrete and tractable. Thus, the field of religious evolution also offers the theory of cultural evolution a way of clarifying its commitments, and of demonstrating its ability to respond to important challenges. My dissertation addresses both sides of this reciprocal relationship, taking advantage of the opportunity to develop at the same time both a better understanding of the nature of religion and a better understanding of the nature of cultural phenomena in general.

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