A Discussion of Panpsychism: The Metaphysics of Consciousness
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- Introduction
- Intrinsic properties of the components
- David Chalmers' discussion on panpsychism
- The distinction between cognition and consciousness
- The citta matra (mind only) tradition of Buddhism
- Conclusion
- Works cited
Abstract
panpsychism describes a world in which "everything has a mind (Chalmers 298)," and everything- animal, botanical, even mineral- is conscious. In order to determine whether or not all things are indeed conscious, two problems must be addressed. A definition of what it means to be conscious must be accepted, and further, the nature of that consciousness (the mechanism by which experience is experienced) must be ascertained. Rather than actually attempting to achieve a definitive answer to these questions in this paper, several hypotheses and their critiques will be discussed.
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