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The relationship exists because panpsychism posits that consciousness is a fundamental property inherent in physical matter, including atoms, as described in [1], [2], and [3].

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Critique of Panpsychism: Philosophical Coherence and Scientific ... thequran.love Zia H Shah MD · The Muslim Times 2 facts

claimBiologist Jerry Coyne argues that panpsychism fails to explain how the rudimentary consciousness of electrons, atoms, and molecules combines to create the sophisticated consciousness found in humans, noting that panpsychist philosophers lack a solution for this.

claimPanpsychists argue that drawing a line to define where consciousness begins, such as at the level of atoms or cells, is arbitrary without an independent reason.

David Chalmers on the meta-problem of consciousness selfawarepatterns.com SelfAwarePatterns 1 fact

claimThe author of the source text argues that panpsychism involves an irreducible notion of consciousness, where proponents assert that consciousness in entities like neurons, proteins, molecules, atoms, or electrons is a primitive building block rather than the consciousness familiar to humans.