The Sour Milk Analogies Are Disanalogous

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i bet if you go into the details of what all theseiso idto communities that they studied believe in, i'm sure you would find a ton of very different beliefs concerning the spirits. It aso like unclear what exactly it is they believe, right? Because that is never pinned down like this. And that, therefore, it's unclear what what comes of this.

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.