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Different models of anthropomorphism across cultures and ontological limits in current frameworks the integrative framework of anthropomorphism [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Robotics and AI, 2022
Anthropomorphism describes the tendency to ascribe human characteristics to nonhuman agents. Due to the increased interest in social robotics, anthropomorphism has become a core concept of human-robot interaction (HRI) studies.
Nicolas Spatola   +3 more
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The effectiveness of hypothesis in literary research A New Approach to Personification as a Literary Device based on Suggestive Appearance (animism) and Context [PDF]

open access: yesLiterary Arts, 2021
Literary critics have different views about personification as a literary device. Some have considered personification as a sub-branch of the makniye (implicit) metaphor, defining it as attributing human traits and emotions to objects, natural phenomena,
Yousef Nikrouz
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The relationship between animism and hoarding

open access: yesJournal of Human Environmental Studies, 2021
The purpose of this study was to elucidate the relationship between hoarding and animism, focusing on the types of stored objects. Previous studies have determined that one of the reasons why people hoard their belongings is their belief in animism, but ...
Kentaro Kuga, Yuko Shiraiwa
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How to Fail to Debunk Animism

open access: yesReligions, 2022
Perry Hendricks argues that my common consent argument for animism fails. The failure, he argues, comes down to the fact that there is widespread agreement in non-animism.
Tiddy Smith
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Ontology in Neolithic Britain and Ireland: Beyond Animism

open access: yesReligions, 2021
A combination of new animism and new materialism has influenced recent interpretations of the Neolithic archaeology of Britain and Ireland, including decorative and figurative productions often referred to as ‘art’.
Chris Fowler
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Procedural Animism

open access: yesA Peer-Reviewed Journal About, 2022
The current proliferation of algorithmic agents (bots, virtual assistants, therapeutic chatbots) that boast real or exaggerated use of AI produces a wide range of interactions between them and humans.
Alexandra Anikina
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Animism and Science

open access: yesReligions, 2023
I discuss whether animism, the worldview that (some) objects, plants and animals are capable of communication, rational reflection and intentional action, is in conflict with contemporary science. I distinguish two conflicts.
Hans Van Eyghen
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Reassessing Shamanism and Animism in the Art and Archaeology of Ancient Mesoamerica

open access: yesReligions, 2021
Shamanism and animism have proven to be useful cross-cultural analytical tools for anthropology, particularly in religious studies. However, both concepts root in reductionist, social evolutionary theory and have been criticized for their vague and ...
Eleanor Harrison-Buck, David A. Freidel
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Introduction to the Special Issue Art, Shamanism and Animism

open access: yesReligions, 2021
Art, shamanism and animism are mutable, contested terms which, when brought together, present a highly charged package [...]
Robert J. Wallis, Max Carocci
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Corresponding Animal and Human Animism in the Poems of Forough Farrokhzad and Nazek al-Malaika [PDF]

open access: yesهنر اسلامی, 2019
The thinking of Animismis an ontological view of man in relation to both the material and immaterial aspects of the creation system. This belief creates a feeling in literature that seemingly objects are alive and have intelligence.
Farideh Salamat Nia   +2 more
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