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Experience and thought are frequently compared and contrasted in philosophical discourse, as seen in the distinction made by cosmopsychists and micropsychists regarding their ubiquity [1], the specific exploration of their relationship in Christopher Peacocke's work [2], and the debate over whether thought is a more sophisticated phenomenon than experience {fact:3, fact:4}.
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Panpsychism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 2 facts
claimCosmopsychists hold that the universe has some kind of experience, but they may refrain from attributing thought or agency to the universe, similar to how micropsychists hold that electrons have experience but not thought.
perspectiveThought is considered a more sophisticated phenomenon than experience, leading many philosophers to doubt that it is correct to ascribe thought to non-human animals or fundamental particles.
Panpsychism - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
perspectiveGoff uses the term 'panexperientialism' to refer to forms of panpsychism in which experience, rather than thought, is ubiquitous.
Self-Consciousness - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu 1 fact
claimChristopher Peacocke explored the relations between experience, thought, and content in his 1983 book 'Sense and Content: Experience, Thought, and their Relations'.