ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the notion of casting doubt and distinguishes several different ways that a proposition may cast doubt on another proposition. It then discusses in greater detail two ways that theories in cognitive science of religion (CSR) might cast doubt on belief in God: via a debunking argument and by undermining reasons for believing that God exists in particular, religious experience. The CSR theories predict that religious beliefs will be widespread and that they will tend to have a certain kind of content: they will concern invisible agents who are concerned about human affairs. The chapter argues that CSR does not cast doubt on theistic belief in a few of the primary ways that propositions can cast doubt on other propositions, including via a debunking argument. It suggests that one plausible way in which CSR might cast doubt on theistic belief is by undermining various traditional theistic reasons.
