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Anaxagoras
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Panpsychism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2015 Edition) plato.stanford.edu May 23, 2001 5 facts
claimAnaxagoras explained the appearance of distinct qualities in objects through a principle of dominance and latency, which asserts that some qualities are dominant in contributing to the behavior and appearance of things.
claimAnaxagoras (c. 500-425 B.C.E.) rejected the possibility of emergence and instead proposed that everything is in everything.
claimAnaxagoras regarded mind as unique because it does not contain any measure of other things, meaning it does not fully comply with his mixing principles.
referenceThe interpretation of Anaxagoras's belief regarding mind is controversial, as noted by Barnes (1982).
claimAnaxagoras believed that everything contains a portion of mind, though he did not assert that everything possesses a mind.
Panpsychism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Jul 18, 2017 4 facts
claimAnaxagoras believed that everything contains a portion of mind, though he did not assert that everything possesses a mind.
claimAnaxagoras explained the appearance of novel elements through a 'principle of dominance and latency,' asserting that some qualities dominate the behavior and appearance of things.
claimAnaxagoras regarded mind as uniquely distinct from other things, as it did not contain measures of other things and did not comply with his general mixing principles.
claimAnaxagoras (500–425 BCE) denied that novel elements emerge from basic features of reality and instead argued that 'everything is in everything'.
Panpsychism - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
claimGreek thinkers associated with panpsychist thought include Anaxagoras, who identified the unifying principle (arche) as mind (nous); Anaximenes, who identified the arche as spirit (pneuma); and Heraclitus, who stated that the thinking faculty is common to all.