As explained to me by Peter Metcalf, he used the word "sophism" because it
was free of the baggage one would get when using "sorcery world view" or
"wizardry world view". It was meant to be a very broad category as Theism
and Spiritualism are when discussing the overall categories of magic.
What would you suggest instead?
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> I'm not personally very keen on those descriptions, nor on the use of the
> word "sophism" as "the" logical worldview.
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