Is Animism the Best Explanation for All These Reports From Isolated Societies?

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i'm surprised that it's in the australasian journal. I think part of the problem is he doesn't really identify it as an inference to the best explanation argument, which is clearly what it is. And i agree, ik, but it doesn't have to be that somebody has recorded it. Or, you know, there are other things that can hold you back besides just like perevew journal and mechanical turk survey. But no, here's where a hundred % agree with you. We're not exactly sure what we're trying to explain here, because it's like we don't know yet the thing to be explained,. What those beliefs are in more detail

Panpsychism didn't give us river spirits or mischievous sootballs, so this time we go straight to the source - a defense of animism, and in a top 10 analytic philosophy journal. Could a failed argument for the existence of God establish the existence of trees and mountains with “interiority” and “social characteristics”? Tamler wants to believe, but is the argument that'll push him over the edge?

Plus – speaking of top journals, a doozy of social psych article: Is forgiveness better than revenge at rehumanizing the self? Let's check the voodoo dolls to find out. Tamler is delighted by David’s reaction to this one.