Panpsychism and Panentheism
B. P. Göcke
Panentheism and Panpsychism April 29, 2020 DOI: 10.30965/9783957437303_004 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that two objections pose seemingly insurmountable aporia for a plausible version of panpsychism, but that panpsychism as located in analytic philosophy can overcome these problems when included in the wider theoretical framework of panentheism, as paradigmatically set out in the classical German philosophy of Karl Christian Friedrich Krause and his pupil Arthur Schopenhauer. |
Abstract
In what follows, a plausible version of the panpsychist thesis is worked out before two arguments for panpsychism are examined for their soundness. In a next step, two arguments against the developed panpsychist thesis are discussed, which, prima facie, pose theoretically insurmountable aporia for it. In a final step, it is argued that panpsychism as located in analytic philosophy can overcome these problems when it is included in the wider theoretical framework of panentheism, as it is paradigmatically set out in the classical German philosophy of the panentheist Karl Christian Friedrich Krause and his pupil Arthur Schopenhauer.