Automatic Religion Nearhuman Agents of Brazil and France
What distinguishes humans from nonhumans? Two common answers-free will and religion-are in some ways fundamentally opposed. Whereas free will enjoys a central place in our ideas of spontaneity, authorship, and deliberation, religious practices seem to involve a suspension of or relief from the exerc...
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