panpsychism
The belief that all matter is conscious in some formThe belief that all matter is conscious in some form.
» Would panpsychism mean life is ubiquitous even on barren desert planets?
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable)The belief that all matter is conscious in some form.
Panpsychismus
панпсихи́змpanpsixízm
панпсихі́змpanpsyxízm
(uncountable)Synonym of panexperientialism, the particular form of panpsychism that holds experience but not cognition as universal.
(countable)A particular form of panpsychism.
Examples
5 sentencesWould panpsychism mean life is ubiquitous even on barren desert planets?
Philosophically spiritualism shows a strong tendency to develop into either panpsychism or transcendentalism.
What is panpsychism?
"Panpsychism" and "pantheism" are homonyms in Japanese—"hanshinron." They have different kanji.
In the Animistic concept of panpsychism, everything and everybody have some aspect of "mind," at some level, even though sometimes scarcely.
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Origin
From pan- + psychism, a calque of German Panpsychismus (1874), from New Latin pampsychia cFrom pan- + psychism, a calque of German Panpsychismus (1874), from New Latin pampsychia coined by Francisco Patrizi in his 1591 Nova de Universis Philosophia, from Ancient Greek πᾰν- (păn-, “all”) + ψυχή (psukhḗ, “mind, life force, soul”) + -ία (-ía, “-ia: forming abstract nouns”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πάμψυχος (pámpsukhos, “in full life”) and Modern Greek παμψυχισμός (pampsychismós, “panpsychism”).
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