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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.


Other Word Forms

  • panpsychist adjective

Example Sentences

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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

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

In overindulgent headlines and ill-advised body-copy, would be defenders of the faith of Scientism gleefully celebrated missing the entire point of panpsychism across some widely circulating and uninformed articles that I’d rather not further promote.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2024

Even those who lean toward panpsychism sometimes seem hesitant to dive into the deep end.

From Scientific American • Sep. 25, 2023

The ancient hylozoism, the monadism of Leibnitz, and the recent panpsychism of M. Strong are only different forms of the same doctrine.

From The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps by Binet, Alfred