panpsychism ↔ Ockham's razor

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Panpsychism and Ockham's razor are related through philosophical discourse where the principle is used both to support the theory by suggesting it avoids the complexity of emergent consciousness {fact:1, fact:2} and to challenge it by questioning the necessity of attributing psychological properties to fundamental entities [1].

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Critique of Panpsychism: Philosophical Coherence and Scientific ... thequran.love Zia H Shah MD · The Muslim Times 1 fact

claimPanpsychism aligns with Occam's razor by suggesting the universe has possessed the same physical-experiential properties from the start, rather than consciousness emerging only under special conditions later in cosmic history.

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

claimOccam's razor is used as an argument against panpsychism because fundamental physical entities do not exhibit psychological attributes.

Panpsychism: Conscious Rocks and Socks - Free Thinking Ministries freethinkingministries.com Dr. Tim Stratton · FreeThinking Ministries 1 fact

claimPhilip Goff prefers panpsychism because he argues it does not violate Ockham's Razor.