Dev Patel says stress shows up in all kinds of ways. Here is a reminder to take care of yourself, do less and maybe try some therapy as a way to help you. This podcast is sponsored by better help on line therapy. Listeners get ten % off their first month at better help dot com slash v b w.
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.
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Links:
- The Common Consent Argument for the Existence of Nature Spirits by Tiddy Smith
- Peoples, H. C., Duda, P., & Marlowe, F. W. (2016). Hunter-gatherers and the origins of religion. Human Nature, 27(3), 261-282.
- Ingold, T. (2006). Rethinking the animate, re-animating thought. Ethnos, 71(1), 9-20.