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A slightly modified excerpt from my book Altered Perspectives. It's taken from Chapter 7, 'On Plant Spirits and Psychedelic Teleology, Part I'. I discuss whether animism violates Occam's razor, as well as the criticisms of Occam's razor and why animism isn't committed to the supernatural.

samwoolfe.comAnimism, the Supernatural, and Occam's RazorParallels are often made between animism (the belief that spirits are everywhere) and panpsychism (the belief that consciousness/mind is everywhere). Indeed, under an animistic belief system, it is po...

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