Alfred North Whitehead distinguishes between unities and mere aggregates by noting that in living bodies, a coordination raises certain functions of ultimate occasions into prominence, whereas in lifeless matter, these functionings thwart each other and average out to a negligible effect.

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  Panpsychism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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  Panpsychism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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• Panpsychism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy via serper
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