We know that essential to Eve’s consciousness of herself is the belief that she has a soul, and that her soul is separate from her body. Her body is present and tangible; her soul is invisible and immaterial. Put aside for a moment how Eve came up with this idea. What’s important is that because Eve believes she has a soul separate from her body, Theory of Mind leads her to believe that everyone else must have one as well. But because Theory of Mind makes Eve prone to view nonhumans who exhibit human traits in the same way she views actual humans, she is just as likely to attribute a soul to
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