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Harvey Cawdron

2 papers in the library · 8 citations · publishing 2023-2024

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The regeneration of the cosmic mind: cosmopsychism, mental chaos, and the new creation

Religious Studies March 20, 2024 Harvey Cawdron

Abstract In several works, Joanna Leidenhag has discussed the theological merits of panpsychism, the idea that consciousness is ubiquitous in the universe. I shall pursue a related project here in which I consider how a variant of panpsychism called cosmopsychism, in which the universe itself is seen to be conscious, can answer key questions regarding the cosmic scope of sin and redemption in...

Cosmopsychism and the Problem of Evil

Sophia June 24, 2023 Harvey Cawdron 8 citations

Abstract Cosmopsychism, the idea that the universe is conscious, is experiencing something of a revival as an explanation of consciousness in philosophy of mind and is also making inroads into philosophy of religion. In the latter field, it has been used to formulate models of certain forms of theism, such as pantheism and panentheism, and has also been proposed as a rival to the classical...