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Panpsychism is defined as the philosophical view that mentality is a fundamental and ubiquitous feature of the natural world [1], [2]. This relationship is further evidenced by the claim that panpsychism posits mentality as a property of micro-level entities [3] and as a potential explanation for indeterminism in physical systems [4].
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Panpsychism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 5 facts
claimPanpsychism entails that at least some micro-level entities possess mentality, and because these entities are found in all things, mentality is distributed throughout the material universe.
claimAlfred North Whitehead's panpsychism is based on the idea that the elementary events that make up the world, which he called "occasions," partake of mentality in an attenuated sense, expressed through notions of creativity, spontaneity, and perception.
claimThe term 'panpsychism' literally translates to the view that everything has a mind, though contemporary debates define it as the view that mentality is fundamental and ubiquitous in the natural world.
claimPanpsychism is the philosophical view that mentality is a fundamental and ubiquitous feature of the natural world.
claimGustav Fechner and Josiah Royce developed panpsychist accounts of nature that did not attribute mental properties to the smallest bits of matter, which challenges the definition of panpsychism that mentality must be fundamental.
Panpsychism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2015 Edition) plato.stanford.edu 4 facts
perspectivePanpsychism posits that the 'hidden feature' causing indeterminism in physically indistinguishable systems is related to mentality and consciousness.
claimAlfred North Whitehead's panpsychism posits that the elementary events constituting the world, which he termed 'occasions,' possess mentality in an attenuated sense, expressed through the mentalistic notions of creativity, spontaneity, and perception.
claimPanpsychism emerged as a response to the dilemma created by the scientific revolution's stipulation that science should study a purely physical world void of mentality.
claimPanpsychists argue that basic operations on informational states and the cross-monitoring of fundamental physical entities could be connected to mentality.