LAWS FOR REVELATION. THE COVERING LAW ACCOUNT OF EXPLANATION AND THE REVELATION PROBLEM FOR PANPSYCHISM*
Kriterion June 2, 2026 Esteban Diego Ortiz Medina
Panpsychism, the view that consciousness is a fundamental feature of reality, faces the revelation problem: the challenge that if consciousness is fundamental, its nature should be more obvious than it is. This paper argues that panpsychism can address this challenge by adopting so-called laws of metaphysics—principles that govern fundamental features of reality. Appealing to such laws reveals that the assumptions underlying the revelation problem are themselves problematic, reducing the force of the objection. The argument is theoretical, not empirical, and does not present new data or experiments.