The Evolutionary Monkey Argument

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i would have liked to have seen some sort of discussion about h kno, whether or not there are independent cultures who have come to believe in either ism or monotheism. Soya, you want to go to the evolutionary debunking arguments, because this is the kind of thing dave likes to do when he disenchants the world. But three paragraphs or whatever, he completely destroys the evolutionary monkey arguments. So what's happening is that for good evolutionary reasons, we have brains that see agency and see patterns in nature,. That we over extend these kind of agency and attribute it to things.

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.