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mentality
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Panpsychism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Jul 18, 2017 6 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."
claimPanpsychism entails that at least some micro-level entities possess mentality, and because these entities are found in all things, mentality is distributed throughout the material universe.
claimAlfred North Whitehead's panpsychism is based on the idea that the elementary events that make up the world, which he called "occasions," partake of mentality in an attenuated sense, expressed through notions of creativity, spontaneity, and perception.
claimThe term 'panpsychism' literally translates to the view that everything has a mind, though contemporary debates define it as the view that mentality is fundamental and ubiquitous in the natural world.
claimPanpsychism is the philosophical view that mentality is a fundamental and ubiquitous feature of the natural world.
claimGustav Fechner and Josiah Royce developed panpsychist accounts of nature that did not attribute mental properties to the smallest bits of matter, which challenges the definition of panpsychism that mentality must be fundamental.
Panpsychism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2015 Edition) plato.stanford.edu May 23, 2001 5 facts
perspectivePanpsychism posits that the 'hidden feature' causing indeterminism in physically indistinguishable systems is related to mentality and consciousness.
claimAlfred North Whitehead's panpsychism posits that the elementary events constituting the world, which he termed 'occasions,' possess mentality in an attenuated sense, expressed through the mentalistic notions of creativity, spontaneity, and perception.
claimPanpsychism emerged as a response to the dilemma created by the scientific revolution's stipulation that science should study a purely physical world void of mentality.
claimThe argument from analogy for panpsychism posits that if one observes matter closely, even the simplest forms of matter exhibit behaviors akin to the mentality associated with animals and human beings.
claimPanpsychists argue that basic operations on informational states and the cross-monitoring of fundamental physical entities could be connected to mentality.
The function(s) of consciousness: an evolutionary perspective frontiersin.org Nov 25, 2024 1 fact
referenceMarvan (2024) presents a brain-based argument for unconscious sensory properties in the book 'Conscious and unconscious mentality'.
Panpsychism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2025 Edition) plato.stanford.edu May 23, 2001 1 fact
claimContemporary panpsychism is defined as the philosophical view that mentality is fundamental and ubiquitous in the natural world.
Dualism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter 2016 Edition) plato.stanford.edu Aug 19, 2003 1 fact
claimMental predicates presuppose the existence of mentality, meaning mentality cannot be reduced solely to the applicability of those predicates.
Quantum Approaches to Consciousness plato.stanford.edu Nov 30, 2004 1 fact
claimIn dual-aspect theories, the term 'mentality' is defined more broadly than 'consciousness', encompassing unconscious or proto-mental acts alongside conscious mental acts.
Panpsychism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu May 23, 2001 1 fact
claimEmergentism is the philosophical position that mentality is a feature of systems of non-mentalistic entities, rather than a property placed at the very foundation of the world.
Quantum Approaches to Consciousness plato.stanford.edu Nov 30, 2004 1 fact
claimPanpsychist frameworks often define 'mentality' broadly to include unconscious or proto-mental acts, rather than restricting the definition to human consciousness.
(PDF) Cross-Cultural Approaches to Consciousness - Academia.edu academia.edu 1 fact
referenceIn Buddhist philosophy, 'mentality' (nama) consists of three mental groups: feeling (vedana), perception (sanna), and volitional or mental formation/disposition (sankhara), while 'materiality' (rupa) refers to the physical body.