CategoryPanpsychism
Why Materialism Will Probably Drift Into Panpsychism
I predict that “Nothing is conscious” will be superseded, among fashionable thinkers, by “Everything is conscious.”
French Authors Say Science Points to God; Scientists Listen
But, as materialism wanes and religion slowly revives, will many scientists find panpsychism more attractive?
Consciousness and Free Will: JP Moreland’s Case for Dualism
He argues that dualism, the sense that we are souls as well as bodies, is the natural interpretation of our lived experience
Panpsychist Philosopher Espouses “Heretical” Form of Christianity
The fine-tuning of the universe for life was a key factor in Philip Goff's decision that there must be some sort of God
Today’s Free Will Debate Shows How Science Culture is Changing
The fact that this Sapolsky–Mitchell debate is still raging shows that eliminative materialism and physicalism are experiencing setbacks in our philosophy of science culture today
Philosopher Asks at Nautilus, Is Matter Conscious?
To say that consciousness is real is to say that the immaterial world is, in principle, real. That is a very big admission for neuroscience to make. But the alternative is the void.
Science Writer: The Self Is Part of a Conscious Universe
Annaka Harris seems to be fleeing eliminative materialism — the snake that eats its own tail
Philosopher: There Is No Mystery of Consciousness
Galen Strawson points out at even young children a completely general conception of what consciousness is
Is Science in Our Frame of Reality Inevitably Incomplete?
It’s becoming increasingly obvious that human consciousness isn’t a material phenomenon like any other; it has one foot in time and another in eternity
Mind Matters News: Top Ten Stories of 2024
... with some brief comments on their significance
Three Recent Books Argue for Consciousness in Plants
The award-winning environment journalist who reviews the books tackles the question, “If so, is it right to eat even plants?”
Does a “Spiritual Particle” Explain Human Consciousness?
The Hard Problem of Consciousness Remains Inescapable
Neuroscientist Francisco Aboitiz starts by offering to tell us how consciousness evolved but then makes a critical concession
Philosopher Hollers Whoa! Are Plants Really Conscious?
Pigliucci worries about the claim. But if human consciousness 1) exists and 2) is fully natural, some scientists would of course argue that plants share it
If Materialism Is Failing, What Replaces It Might Not Be Better
If panpsychism prevails, we may need to get used to the politics of Insect Rights and of Rocks' Lives Matter. Also, panpsychists may have little of consequence to say about freedom of thought
Nobel Prize Physicist Thinks Consciousness Must Underlie Universe
Brian Josephson, after whom the Josephson effect in electronics is named, hopes to find the answer to the conundrum of consciousness in biology
Researchers: Living Cells’ Cognition Drives Evolution
“Natural selection is cognitive selection,” they say, arguing that cells exhibit meaning and purpose, contrary to Darwinian evolution theories
Programmer: AI could certainly become conscious
From Casper Wilstrup's perspective, we can't demonstrate that anything is NOT conscious so creating conscious AI is simply a matter of using the scientific method