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panpsychism

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[pan-sahy-kiz-uhm] / pænˈsaɪ kɪz əm /

noun

  1. a theory that all matter has some form of consciousness.


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Based on these challenges, Koch suggests it may be necessary to revisit older philosophical ideas like idealism or panpsychism.

From Science Daily Apr. 6, 2026

He supports Integrated Information Theory, which proposes that any system with a sufficiently high level of integrated information has some form of subjective experience, offering a scientific interpretation of panpsychism.

From Science Daily Apr. 6, 2026

At least, that’s what they looked like this past week when Popular Mechanics science writer Stav Dimitropoulos offered a fresh bit of nuanced reporting on the renewed popular interest around the philosophical theory of panpsychism.

From Salon Apr. 1, 2024

Chalmers himself has embraced a form of panpsychism and even suggested that individual particles might be somehow aware.

From Scientific American Sep. 25, 2023

The term panpsychism may, it is true, be used in a somewhat different sense.

From An Introduction to Philosophy by Fullerton, George Stuart

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