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. . . . Anthropomorphism -- the term is derived from the Greek for "human from" -- has enjoyed a negative reputation since Xenophanes objected to Homer's poetry in 570 B.C., because it treated the gods as if they were people. How could we be so arrogant as to think that they should look like us? If horses could draw pictures, Xenophanes joked, they would no doubt make their gods look like horses. Hence the original meaning of anthropomorphism is that of misattribution of human qualities to nonhumans, or at least overestimation of the similarities between humans and nonhumans. Since nobody wants to be accused of any kind of misattribution or overestimation, this makes it sound as if anthropomorphism is to be avoided under all circumstances. ~ Page 66
. . . .if anthropomorphism carries a risk, its opposite carries a risk, too. To give it a name I propose 'anthropodenial' for the a priori rejection of shared characteristics between humand and animals when in fact they may exist. ~ Page 69
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