#houseoversight021350
LightNews LightNews
epsteinweb.bsky.social
Part 2/2 — HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021350.jpg
#epsteinweb #houseoversight021350
by ora P ce e of what it is like to be a person, in order Teappraisils Edwards's famous sermon to interpret the behavior of animals, the in its historical context. function of technological devices, the The Boundary of the Human operation of complex social systems The line between the human and such as “the sae a natural ‘h the nonhuman is, perhaps, the most SORUEEE Tee SED Osn ID SAW eae : ae patterns or catastrophic events.” Hence, consequential presupposition that any . A ‘eae anthropomorphism, as a process of society, group, or individual adopts inference that not only draws but al about life in the world. The way various ian a ‘ ion y ra _ janie d cultures draw this line, between “us” and pn eee eee eee ” 3 faye the nonhuman, has very substantial the other,” has shaped civilizations and ‘ consequences for the human sense of their goals as well as the norms of anection to nonhuman animals. t personal conduct and identity. Although ie i “ o ‘i it ane ‘- its concepts of the human have a long and SEBEL SCOOE EO SYSien ISS BAG IONS, ‘ F : : structure of the universe taken as a contentious philosophical history, people hale in their everyday lives show remarkable WHOIS» consensus in the features they use to Contemporary psychological define “human.” Central to this process research has created an intellectual space of perceiving the human is a perception that opens the phenomenon of HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021350
February 8, 2026 at 7:22 PM
epsteinweb.bsky.social
Part 1/2 — HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021350.jpg
#epsteinweb #houseoversight021350
Page |104 nonhuman phenomena. In this way, of mind in other agents, including the anthropomorphic language incorporates presence of goal-directed agency, human society in a web of ethical emotions such as anger, guilt, or pride, a obligations that connect to the natural capacity for self-awareness, and free environment and, by imaginative will. As Nick Epley demonstrated in the extension, to the universe as a whole. preceding chapter, the perception of Although the drive toward social these distinctively human traits—“seeing connection is a general human trait, invisible minds”—is a psychological however, persons neither seek nor find mechanism with tremendous influence satisfaction in a generalized sense of on the way humans order and understand connection. Instead, satisfying social their social environment. —_— ue and sapetieaieea Mind perception is such a - ave i - foie ‘anit i i“ to powerful tool of inductive inference, ° bn = Tak istoriea Fi ou me however, that it regularly crosses the line ee se" eile eaten ss ae” it has itself drawn between the human as “s is wet ‘a ah seat hee One and the nonhuman. Scholars from a ORAM = a8 aha salle an d wide array of disciplines have long Edom oe ca Ons an rd ut observed humans’ anthropomorphic COTY SPeCAnG ase DIPHONS 200 tendency to see nonhuman things or society and social relations. This Ha ‘ i events as humanlike, imbuing the real or chapter will, therefore, step back from : ‘vied Behaviot ofiontti “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” i = ae) or cane ier in order to describe h , 4 phenomena with human motivations, Dn ee ere, agency, and emotions. By perceiving scholarship in social neuroscience and in i" i 2 <i 5 the world in terms of human capacities the history of religions provides a fresh d social relationshi int of view on the workings of and social ze"atons EDS, os hi e dth anthropomorphism builds a complex SEE POTOLD AY DELEED On onesies system of analogies that uses knowledge test that interpretive model
February 8, 2026 at 7:22 PM