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Arthur Schopenhauer
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Panpsychism - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 6 facts
claimIn the 19th century, panpsychism was advocated by philosophers such as Schopenhauer and William James, but the theory saw a decline in the mid-20th century due to the rise of logical positivism.
claimPanpsychism is one of the oldest philosophical theories and has been historically ascribed to philosophers including Thales, Plato, Spinoza, Leibniz, Schopenhauer, William James, Alfred North Whitehead, and Bertrand Russell.
perspectiveArthur Schopenhauer argued for a two-sided view of reality consisting of both Will and Representation (Vorstellung), asserting that all mind can be attributed to matter, and all matter can be attributed to mind.
claimPhilosophers Arthur Schopenhauer, C.S. Peirce, Josiah Royce, William James, Eduard von Hartmann, F.C.S. Schiller, Ernst Haeckel, William Kingdon Clifford, and Thomas Carlyle promoted panpsychist ideas during the 19th century.
claimPhysics describes the world through mathematics, but it cannot describe what Arthur Schopenhauer called the 'object that grounds' mathematics.
referenceArthur Schopenhauer discusses the nature of reality in his work 'Der Welt als Wille und Vorstellung' (The World as Will and Representation), specifically in Book II, section 17.
Self-Consciousness - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Jul 13, 2017 2 facts
quoteArthur Schopenhauer asserted in an unpublished manuscript that "that the subject should become an object for itself is the most monstrous contradiction ever thought of."
claimArthur Schopenhauer concurred with Immanuel Kant's view that the subject becoming an object for itself is a contradiction.
Panpsychism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2015 Edition) plato.stanford.edu May 23, 2001 2 facts
referenceArthur Schopenhauer authored 'Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung' (The World as Will and Representation), published in 1818 in Leipzig.
perspectiveArthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) held a dual doctrine that everything is conscious, but not everything is alive.
Panpsychism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Jul 18, 2017 2 facts
claimThe 'Intrinsic Nature Argument' for panpsychism has historical roots in the works of Leibniz, Schopenhauer, Bertrand Russell (1927), and Alfred North Whitehead (1933 [1967]), and is supported by contemporary philosophers including T.L.S. Sprigge (1999), Galen Strawson (2003), and Philip Goff (2017).
claimArthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) theorized that 'will' is the inner nature of all things, based on his introspection of will as a fundamental quality, while being influenced by Immanuel Kant's view that reality as it is in itself is inaccessible.
Non-physicalist Theories of Consciousness cambridge.org Dec 20, 2023 1 fact
claimHistorical proponents of dual-aspect monism or parts of the view include G. W. Leibniz and Arthur Schopenhauer.
Panpsychism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu May 23, 2001 1 fact
claimOther notable 19th-century panpsychist thinkers included Arthur Schopenhauer, Friedrich Paulsen, Morton Prince, Eduard von Hartmann, Ferdinand C. S. Schiller, and Ernst Häckel.
Panpsychism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2025 Edition) plato.stanford.edu May 23, 2001 1 fact
claimArthur Schopenhauer's reasoning regarding the 'will' as the inner nature of all things serves as an important influence on contemporary Russellian monists.
Consciousness, Physicalism, and Panpsychism - R Discovery discovery.researcher.life May 1, 2013 1 fact
claimThe theoretical framework of panentheism is paradigmatically set out in the classical German philosophy of Karl Christian Friedrich Krause and his pupil Arthur Schopenhauer.