单词 | panpsychism |
释义 | panpsychismn. Philosophy. The theory or belief that there is an element of consciousness in all matter. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > pantheism > [noun] > panpsychism panpsychism1879 1879 G. H. Lewes Mind as Function of Organism ii. 34 We must therefore pronounce against the hypothesis of Panpsychism. 1904 Philos. Rev. 13 314 How, then, can consciousness or the psychical be the only reality, i.e. how can panpsychism be true? 1924 B. Edgell Theories of Memory 133 The present writer has failed to find any link between M. Bergson's pampsychism and his individualism. 1968 F. C. Copleston Hist. Philos. VIII. v. xvii. 393 Neither Strong nor Drake meant to imply that stones, for instance, are conscious. Their panpsychism was linked with the idea of emergent evolution. 1991 New Scientist 16 Feb. 54/1 Though some of the ideas in it, notably his panpsychism, are hard to swallow, and though parts are maddeningly imprecise, persistence pays dividends. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1879 |
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