The Concept of Humanness, Is That Really a Thing?

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i have a problem with even the concept of dehumanization. If, like, literally, you think that these people are less, they're not homosapians. But on top of that, as you point out, it's one thing to say that we don't see other people less human. It's yet another thing to says that you don't see yourself as human. Here is where it just strains credulity, where it's like, look, what you want to say is that you feel bad about yourself,. Maybe those things are associated more with being lessogentic. I do know if we've talked about it before, buton dehumanization we have, i

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.