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#261 – Philip Goff: Consciousness, Panpsychism, and the Philosophy of Mind

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What Is Panpsychism?

Panpsychism is the view that consciousness is a fundamental and ubiquitous feature of the physical world like a law of physics. It takes the standard approach to the problem of consciousness and turns it on its head, says David Wheeler. "I don't think you can get consciousness out of physics but I think it's pretty easy to get physics out of consciousness," he adds. 'The very complex experience of the human or animal brain is somehow rooted in these very simple forms of experience'

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