Panpsychism Makes a Comeback: (General)

by dhw, Saturday, July 16, 2022, 08:26 (652 days ago) @ David Turell

QUOTE: "But if one makes matter conscious in all its forms, as panpsychism does, then God indeed becomes superfluous.”

If one believes in a single conscious mind that had no source but has always simply been there, and is somehow present throughout the universe, then panpsychism does indeed become superfluous.

QUOTE: "So panpsychism at its deepest core is a strategy to get rid of God. Philip Goff may not be aware of this core."

So God “at its deepest core” is a strategy to get rid of panpsychism.

DAVID: it is thus no surprise dhw, as an agnostic, favors considering panpsychism.

Dhw as an agnostic does not favour considering panpsychism any more or any less than he favours considering an unknown and unknowable and sourceless source of consciousness, or an infinite, eternal, sourceless and mindless combination of energy and material which chanced to form a rudimentary consciousness that eventually evolved into living materials. I find all three theories equally difficult to believe.