panpsychism ↔ William Seager

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William Seager is closely related to panpsychism as a prominent proponent who co-authored its Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry [1][2], argued for the Intrinsic Nature Argument in its defense [3], and coined the term 'combination problem' central to the view [4], while also publishing key works like 'Consciousness, information, and panpsychism' [5].

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Panpsychism - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia 4 facts

claimWilliam Seager argues for the 'Intrinsic Nature Argument for Panpsychism' in his 2006 paper published in the Journal of Consciousness Studies.

perspectivePhilosophers William Seager and Sean Allen-Hermanson state that idealists are panpsychists by default.

claimThe combination problem in panpsychism, which relates to the binding problem, was traced to William James but was given its current name by William Seager in 1995.

claimRecent proponents of panpsychism include David Ray Griffin, David Skrbina, Gregg Rosenberg, Timothy Sprigge, Philip Goff, and William Seager.

Moving Forward on the Problem of Consciousness - David Chalmers consc.net Journal of Consciousness Studies 2 facts

claimGregg Rosenberg and William Seager have published defenses of panpsychism against objections and have criticized David Chalmers for not adopting a sufficiently panpsychist position.

claimThe theoretical proposals regarding consciousness by Piet Hut, Roger Shepard, Gregg Rosenberg, and William Seager are explicitly panpsychist.

Panpsychism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 2 facts

claimPiet Hut, Roger Shepard, Gregg Rosenberg, and William Seager wrote articles responding to David Chalmers' views on panpsychism in the 1997 collection edited by Shear.

claimWilliam Seager and Sean Allen-Hermanson developed Section 1 of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Panpsychism, and paragraphs from their earlier version were retained in later sections of the July 2017 update.

Hard problem of consciousness - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia 1 fact

referencePhilip Goff, William Seager, and Sean Allen-Hermanson authored the entry 'Panpsychism' for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, edited by Edward N. Zalta in 2017.

Panpsychism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu William Seager, Sean Allen-Hermanson · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 1 fact

claimDavid Chalmers (1996), Piet Hut, Roger Shepard, Gregg Rosenberg, and William Seager (in Shear, 1997) have approached the problem of consciousness in ways sympathetic to panpsychism without providing full-scale defenses.

Panpsychism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2025 Edition) plato.stanford.edu Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 1 fact

claimPhilip Goff is the primary author of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Panpsychism starting from the July 2017 version, with Section 1 developed from a previous version by William Seager and Sean Allen-Hermanson.

The Hard Problem of Consciousness | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com Springer 1 fact

referenceWilliam Seager published 'Consciousness, information, and panpsychism' in the Journal of Consciousness Studies in 1995.