Edward Burnett Tylor's Agnostic View Of Religion

Edward Burnett Tylor believed that science was supportive of his agnostic views of religion rather than being detrimental which is in agreement with the Enlightenment’s naturalistic explanation of attitude toward religion because naturalism is the view that the only forces that influence the world are found in nature rather than the supernatural or spiritual (Pals, 2006). Tylor also believed that he could reach theories that were both complex and wide-ranging in nature which agrees with naturalism as well. However, Tylor’s beliefs differ from the beliefs of other naturalistic philosophers because he attempted to explain his religious beliefs, which were leaning more towards science, and his work did not go against the church or any major religious
Also, Tylor has substantive and essentialist beliefs which means that he believes that people have faith because beliefs allow for some explanations of reality and are understandable. This means that he didn’t think that religion would ever disappear from the everyday lives of people in society but he did believe that it should in order for society to evolve. Frazer agreed with Tylor’s beliefs since he also saw, from personal research, that society began believing in primitive magic which was then evolved into believing in religion which should be replaced by science in order to evolve society and progress to a better understanding of reality (Pals, 2006). They both do agree that while religion should be replaced by science for the future increase of knowledge on reality, they also believed that religion was a good stepping stone of sorts to be able to comprehend the world and all of the random occurrences that happen in