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intrinsic nature of matter
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Panpsychism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Jul 18, 2017 9 facts
quoteArthur Eddington remarked: "It is rather 'silly', given that we know nothing from physics of the intrinsic nature of matter, to suppose that its nature is incongruent with mentality and then to wonder where mentality comes from."
perspectivePanpsychists argue that the burden of proof lies with opponents to provide a non-panpsychist explanation for the intrinsic nature of matter and to justify why such an alternative is preferable to the panpsychist proposal.
perspectivePanpsychism proposes that the intrinsic nature of matter is, at least in part, consciousness.
claimRussellian monism is a contemporary philosophical position that utilizes the panpsychist view of consciousness as an intrinsic nature of matter to address mental causation.
claimPanpsychism could be supported if it provides the best explanation for the existence of human and animal consciousness or if it serves as the most parsimonious theory of the intrinsic nature of matter.
perspectivePhilip Goff argues that the most simple, elegant, and parsimonious hypothesis regarding the intrinsic nature of matter is panpsychism, which posits that matter outside of brains is continuous with brain matter in possessing a consciousness-involving nature.
claimDerk Pereboom suggested in 2011 that future thinkers might theorize a positive hypothesis concerning the intrinsic nature of matter through imagination, which could potentially gain empirical or theoretical support.
claimThe physical sciences, as currently conceived, do not utilize speculation concerning the intrinsic nature of matter.
claimAssuming the falsity of dualism, the intrinsic nature of the matter found in brains or whole organisms is consciousness-involving.
Panpsychism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu May 23, 2001 1 fact
claimA common counter-argument to the intrinsic nature argument for panpsychism is that the intrinsic nature of matter is essentially unknowable, a position that does not logically entail panpsychism.
Panpsychism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2025 Edition) plato.stanford.edu May 23, 2001 1 fact
perspectiveThe choice regarding the intrinsic nature of matter is arguably limited to either the panpsychist proposal or the view that the intrinsic nature of matter is unknown.