animism

Animism is treating (in thought or language) inanimate objects as if they were living things with a soul or spirit.

Should we trust an experiment that suggests a stone can eat iron?
Explaining science
Ethnographic interviews
The nucleus is the brain of the cell

Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge. View all posts by Keith