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animism

A term variously used, in particular for the view that apparently inanimate parts of the universe (rivers, mountains, stars, and so on, as well as plants) are in fact animated and activated by souls or spirits; for example, Naiads (springs), Dryads (oak-trees) and so on.

Usually the term is applied to primitive beliefs of this nature rather than to philosophical views claiming to see life in the apparently lifeless (for which also see: hylozoism, panpsychism, vitalism).

‘Teleological animism’ has been used for the view that some wholes organize themselves and their parts so as to fulfill certain aims which they themselves originate.

Also see: organicism

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    • 2.1 The Handbook of Contemporary Animism (Acumen Handbooks)
    • 2.2 Animism
    • 2.3 Animism: Respecting the Living World
    • 2.4 The Wakeful World: Animism, Mind and the Self in Nature
    • 2.5 Spirits and Animism in Contemporary Japan: The Invisible Empire
    • 2.6 Animism
    • 2.7 The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World
    • 2.8 Six Ways: Approaches & Entries for Practical Magic
    • 2.9 Christian Animism
    • 2.10 When God Was a Bird: Christianity, Animism, and the Re-Enchantment of the World (Groundworks: Ecological Issues in Philosophy and Theology)

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