Tag: Panpsychism (why a growing trend)

Cells under a microscope. Cell division. Cellular Therapy. 3d illustration on a dark background

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
June 11, 2023

Categorized
Biology, Philosophy

Tagged
Astonishing Hypothesis (book), Darwinism and evolution of consciousness, Francis Crick on consciousness, František Baluška, Neo-Darwinism, Panpsychism (why a growing trend)}

Cognitive Cells? A Newer Challenge to Neo-Darwinism

_{The origin of self-referential cognition is unknown, say a trio of researchers who call it “biology’s most profound enigma”} _{Denyse O'Leary
June 11, 2023

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Biology, Philosophy}

Conundrums like this help us understand why panpsychism (all life forms/cells are conscious in some sense) is beginning to replace materialism in science.

Why Panpsychism Is Starting To Push Out Naturalism

_{A key goal of naturalism/materialism has been to explain human consciousness away as “nothing but a pack of neurons.” That can’t work} _{Denyse O'Leary
November 29, 2021

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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind, Science}

Panpsychism is not dualism. By including consciousness — including human consciousness — as a bedrock fact of nature, it avoids naturalism’s dead end.