Panpsychists argue that a theory's lack of fit with human intuition is not a sufficient reason to doubt its truth, citing counterintuitive scientific theories like evolution (common ancestry with apes), time dilation, and quantum superposition as examples that are accepted despite their strangeness.

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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
• Panpsychism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2025 Edition) plato.stanford.edu Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy via serper

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• panpsychism concept
• quantum superposition concept
• evolution concept