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animisme [2 records]

Record 1 2010-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cognitive Psychology
DEF

The [cognitive] tendency of children to believe that all objects, animals, and things are living and capable of having feelings, intentions, and emotions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie cognitive
DEF

[Processus cognitif selon lequel] l'enfant considère les choses comme vivantes et leur attribue des capacités de pensée, de connaissance et d'intention.

OBS

Par exemple, l'enfant croit que la lune le suit.

Spanish

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Record 2 1982-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Religious Sects - Various
  • Philosophy (General)
DEF

belief in spiritual beings, souls or doubles. According to Tylor, the most primitive form of religion.

CONT

Animism was the name that Tylor gave to this belief in vital forces that lack corporate, visible or spatial form, but which may will events to happen.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cultes divers
  • Philosophie (Généralités)
DEF

(...) croyance en une âme des choses, en un monde des esprits, en une force vitale.

OBS

un schéma explicatif du surnaturel. L'intelligence primitive attribuait aux divers constituants du monde, accessibles par leur évidence corporelle, la possession d'une âme immatérielle. Les âmes humaines des défunts gouvernent la vie de leurs descendants, les âmes de végétaux, des minéraux, des animaux, des astres, etc., gouvernent la vie du monde.

Spanish

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