Tiddy Smith argues that common consent amongst geographically and historically isolated communities provides strong evidence for animism―the view that there are nature spirits. In this article, I argue that the problem of animistic hiddenness―the lack of widespread belief in nature spirits―is at least as strong evidence against animism that common consent is evidence for it, meaning that the evidence for animism that Smith provides is (at least) neutralized.

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如何揭穿万物有灵论

Tiddy Smith 认为，地理上和历史上孤立的社区之间的共同同意为万物有灵论提供了强有力的证据——即存在自然精神的观点。在这篇文章中，我认为万物有灵论的隐藏问题——缺乏对自然精神的广泛信仰——至少是反对万物有灵论的有力证据，即普遍同意是它的证据，这意味着史密斯提供的万物有灵论的证据是（在最少）中和。