panpsychism

[ pan-sahy-kiz-uh m ]

/ pænˈsaɪ kɪz əm /

noun

a theory that all matter has some form of consciousness.

Nearby words

panoramic sight, panoramic x-ray film, panotitis, panpipe, panpipes, panpsychism, panradiometer, panromantic, pansexual, pansil, pansinusitis

Related forms

pan·psy·chist, adjective

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Examples from the Web for panpsychism

This opens the chapter of the relations of radical empiricism to panpsychism, into which I can not enter now.
Essays in Radical Empiricism|William James
Whatever be the value of this dualism, it will have to be discussed even in the hypothesis of panpsychism.
The Mind and the Brain|Alfred Binet
This form of panpsychism finds its simplest expression in the "trinity of substance."
Evolution in Modern Thought|Ernst Haeckel