Panpsychism

Panpsychism is the theory that everything in the universe is somewhat sentient or conscious. They are all connected parts of the whole.

Overview

Panpsychists believe that all matter in the universe has some degree of consciousness.In other words the substance of the universe is composed entirely of mind or consciousness. This is not to say that rocks have a mind but that the individual atoms and other particles in the rock have some sort of awareness and are aware of each other.

Doctrine

Panpsychism is opposed to materialism or any doctrine that argues that the reality of the universe is composed solely of matter. Panpsychism needs no supernatural miracle to explain consciousness, it is consciousness. In other words we are all part of a grand communication scheme which is the glue that holds the universe together.

Panpsychism Media

• Neoplatonic-Sun.GIF

  Illustration of the Neoplatonic concept of the anima mundi emanating from The Absolute, in some ways a precursor to modern panpsychism

• Meotoiwa.jpg

  Two iwakura – a rock where a kami or spirit is said to reside in the religion of Shinto

• Fotothek df tg 0006450 Theosophie ^ Philosophie ^ Judentum ^ Kabbala ^ Kunst ^ Technik.jpg

  Illustration of the Cosmic order by Robert Fludd, where the World soul is depicted as a woman

• RyoanJi-Dry garden.jpg

  In the art of the Japanese rock garden, the artist must be aware of the "ishigokoro" ('heart', or 'mind') of the rocks.

• Axioms and postulates of integrated information theory.jpg

  Axioms and postulates of integrated information theory

• A diagram depicting four positions on the mind-body problem. Versions of panpsychism have been likened to each of these positions as well as contrasted to them.

• Schrodingers cat.svg

  Diagram of Schrödinger's cat thought experiment. Roughly based on Schroedingerscat3.jpg.

Other websites

• Panpsychism.net Archived 2021-03-04 at the Wayback Machine