Mind that Abides

Panpsychism in the new millennium

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David Skrbina | University of Michigan at Dearborn

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Panpsychism is the view that all things, living and nonliving, possess some mind like quality. It stands in sharp contrast to the traditional notion of mind as the property of humans and (perhaps) a few select ‘higher animals’. Though surprising at first glance, panpsychism has a long and noble history in both Western and Eastern thought. Overlooked by analytical, materialist philosophy for most of the 20^th century, it is now experiencing a renaissance of sorts in several areas of inquiry. A number of recent books – including Skrbina’s Panpsychism in the West (2005) and Strawson et al’s Consciousness and its Place in Nature (2006) – have established panpsychism as respectable and viable. Mind That Abides builds on these works. It takes panpsychism to be a plausible theory of mind and then moves forward to work out the philosophical, psychological and ethical implications. With 17 contributors from a variety of fields, this book promises to mark a wholesale change in our philosophical outlook. (Series A)

[Advances in Consciousness Research, 75] 2009. xiv, 401 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/aicr.75

Table of Contents

Contributors | pp. vii–viii

Acknowledgements & dedication | p. ix

Introduction | pp. xi–xiv

1. Panpsychism in history: An overview

David Skrbina | pp. 1–29

Part I. Analysis and science

2. Realistic monism: Why physicalism entails panpsychism, and on the Sesmet theory of subjectivity

Galen Strawson | pp. 33–65

3. Halting the descent into panpsychism: A quantum thermofield theoretical perspective

Gordon G. Globus | pp. 67–82

4. Mind under matter

Sam Coleman | pp. 83–107

5. The conscious connection: A psycho-physical bridge between brain and pan-experiential quantum geometry

Stuart R. Hameroff and Jon Powell | pp. 109–127

6. Can the panpsychist get around the combination problem?

Phil Goff | pp. 129–135

7. Universal correlates of consciousness

Stephen Deiss | pp. 137–158

8. Panpsychism, the Big-Bang-Argument, and the dignity of life

Patrick Spät | pp. 159–176

Part II. Process philosophy

9. Back to Whitehead? Galen Strawson and the rediscovery of panpsychism

Pierfrancesco Basile | pp. 179–199

10. Does process externalism support panpsychism? The relational nature of the physical world as a foundation for the conscious mind

Riccardo Manzotti | pp. 201–220

11. The dynamics of possession: An introduction to the sociology of Gabriel Tarde

Didier Debaise | pp. 221–230

12. Finite eventism

Carey R. Carlson | pp. 231–250

Part III. Metaphysics and mind

13. Zero-person and the psyche

Graham Harman | pp. 253–282

14. "All things think:" Panpsychism and the metaphysics of nature

Iain Hamilton Grant | pp. 283–299

15. 'Something there?' James and Fechner meet in a Pluralistic Universe

Katrin Solhdju | pp. 301–313

16. Panpsychic presuppositions of Samkhya metaphysics

Jaison A. Manjaly | pp. 315–323

17. The awareness of rock: East-Asian understandings and implications

Graham Parkes | pp. 325–340

18. Why has the West failed to embrace panpsychism?

Freya Mathews | pp. 341–360

19. Minds, objects, and relations: Toward a dual-aspect ontology

David Skrbina | pp. 361–382

Index | pp. 399–401

“What is the relationship of mind to matter? In this important book with 17 different authors, panpsychism is given its due. Overall a stimulating read, possibly profound, and highly recommended.”

Greg Nixon, in the Journal of Consciousness Studies, Vol 16, No. 9

“Highly readable for philosophy, we could have no better collection of contributors than those in this volume; the collection of ideas and theories in Mind that Abides may launch panpsychism into the third millennium with vigor and promise, as befitting such a venerable conception of mind. With 17 contributors from a variety of fields, this book promises to mark a wholesale change in our philosophical outlook. The book moves forward the subject a panpsychism, takes it seriously and tries to flesh out theories of the mind. Such a step, by experts from various fields, is unprecedented, and it is long overdue.”

Diamond Sutra, on SirReadaLot.org, April 2009

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