Recent philosophy of mind trends propose that consciousness pervades the entire universe and serves as the organizing foundation of the cosmos, reviving panpsychism, Neoplatonic Oneness, and neo-Jungian cosmopsychism. The author argues these views commit an anthropomorphic fallacy by projecting human-like consciousness onto nature. Instead, the cosmos is unconscious of itself, though it consists of dynamic, evolving information-processing systems that drive its organization and spacetime structure. Respecting the limits of language avoids a category mistake in cosmological discussions. Understanding psychic experience does not require positing a fundamental cosmic consciousness.
This edited volume presents diverse perspectives on the mind-body problem, drawing on psychoanalytic theories (Freudian, Jungian, Lacanian, Winnicottian), neuropsychoanalysis, mentalization theory, biosemiotics, evolutionary anthropology, literature, psychedelics, and cyborg technology. Chapters engage metaphysical first principles, critique materialism, dualism, monism, and realism-irrealism, and address the hard problem of consciousness, psychic energy, and unconscious agency. The collection argues that comparative psychoanalytic approaches offer fresh insights into the mind-body problem.