Because the only intrinsic nature humans are familiar with is consciousness, and matter must be assigned some intrinsic nature, the intrinsic nature argument suggests that matter must be granted a mentalistic intrinsic nature.

Authors

• Person: William Seager, Sean Allen-Hermanson Organization: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  Panpsychism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2015 Edition)

Sources

• Panpsychism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2015 Edition) plato.stanford.edu William Seager, Sean Allen-Hermanson · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy via serper

Referenced by nodes (4)

• panpsychism concept
• matter concept
• consciousness concept
• Intrinsic Nature Argument concept