There is a significant convergence between some contemporary panpsychist theories and idealism. Traditional phenomenal, macro idealism has been widely criticised for its implausible account of physical facts. This paper examines three idealism friendly contemporary panpsychist philosophies and suggests that with some revisions a plausible realist and physical idealism can be articulated. Taking...
The neologism, ,,Gemütsphilosophie" – roughly: philosophy of mindedness – I coined for this article, following Kant's use of ,,Gemüt" to render the Latin 'animus', and thus avoid opting for one pole of Cartesian dualism by speaking of 'mind' or 'soul'. Likewise my neologism is a precaution against potential errors cloaked by 'philosophy of mind' or 'philosophy of spirit' (,,Philosophie des...