Life & Consciousness
Panpsychism
Holds that consciousness, or some proto-conscious property, is a fundamental and ubiquitous feature of physical reality, present in some minimal form even in basic matter.
Proponents
Thomas Nagel, Galen Strawson, Philip Goff
Evidence For
Avoids having to explain how consciousness emerges from wholly non-conscious matter (the "hard problem"), by denying such matter exists.
Evidence Against
The "combination problem" — how countless micro-experiences would combine into one unified mind — remains unsolved, and the view is currently untestable.
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