What We Know Causes Minds

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i think you should be open to some sort of supernatural explanation. Andrelik like brains or what we know cause minds. That a rabbit has a mind seems like a pretty reasonable naturally. But it's also true that we don't know if brains are necessary to cause minds. It would be that some other thing can cause a mind, ye, and that's rit yes?

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.