Concept Panpsychism holds that mind, or a mind-like aspect, is a fundamental and ubiquitous feature of reality. [1] It is sometimes defined as a theory in which "the mind is a fundamental feature of the …

May 23, 2001 · Panpsychism is the view that mentality is fundamental and ubiquitous in the natural world. The view has a long and venerable history in philosophical traditions of both East and West, …

Panpsychism is the view that all things have a mind or a mind-like quality. The word itself was coined by the Italian philosopher Francesco Patrizi in the sixteenth century, and derives from the two Greek …

In September 2023 scholars gathered to debate the problem at Marist University in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., during a two-day workshop focused on an idea known as panpsychism. The concept proposes that...

Panpsychism, (from Greek pan, “all”; psychē, “soul”), a philosophical theory asserting that a plurality of separate and distinct psychic beings or minds constitute reality.

Aug 17, 2025 · At its core, panpsychism is the belief that everything in the universe, from electrons to galaxies, possesses some form of consciousness, however faint or primitive.

Nov 21, 2024 · Panpsychism is the philosophical view that consciousness is a fundamental property of the universe, present in all things, from the smallest particles to the largest celestial bodies. It …

It is somewhat akin to hylozoism, but in place of the thesis of the pervasiveness of life in nature substitutes the pervasiveness of sentience, experience or, in a broad sense, consciousness. There …

Jan 3, 2025 · Panpsychism proposes that all matter—from particles to planets—inherently possesses some form of consciousness, challenging traditional views on mind and matter.

However, panpsychism as defended in contemporary philosophy is the view that consciousness is fundamental and ubiquitous, where to be conscious is simply to have subjective experience of some …