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Panpsychism in the West

Skrbina, David·2017·The MIT Press eBooks
DOI 10.7551/mitpress/11084.001.0001
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An updated edition of a comprehensive study of the theory that mind exists, in some form, in all living and nonliving things. In Panpsychism in the West, the first comprehensive study of the subject, David Skrbina argues for the importance of panpsychism—the theory that mind exists, in some form, in all living and nonliving things—in consideration of the nature of consciousness and mind. Panpsychism, with its conception of mind as a general phenomenon of nature, uniquely links being and mind. More than a theory of mind, it is a meta-theory—a statement about theories of mind rather than a theory in itself. Panpsychism can parallel almost every current theory of mind; it simply holds that, no matter how one conceives of mind, such mind applies to all things. After a brief discussion of general issues surrounding philosophy of mind, Skrbina examines the panpsychist views of philosophers from the pre-Socratics to the post-structuralists. The original edition of Panpsychism in the West helped to reinvigorate a neglected and important aspect of philosophic thinking. This revised edition offers expanded and updated material that reflects the growth of panpsychism as a subdiscipline. It covers the problem of emergence of mind from a non-mental reality and the combination problem in greater detail. It offers expanded coverage of the pre-Socratics and Plato; a new section on Augustine; expanded discussions of Continental panpsychism, scientific arguments, Nietzsche, and Whitehead; and a new section on Russellian monism. With this edition, Panpsychism in the West will be continue to be the standard work on the topic.

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Authors
Skrbina, D.
Corresponding author
Skrbina, David
Venue
The MIT Press eBooks
Publisher
The MIT Press
Published
2017-09-15
DOI
10.7551/mitpress/11084.001.0001
OpenAlex
W597447553
Cited by
279
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0
Citations by year
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5.21
Type
book
Language
en
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closed
Locations
  • The MIT Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
  • Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Philosophy and Theoretical Science
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Embodied and Extended Cognition
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Philosophical and Theoretical Analysis
Keywords
panpsychism, theory of mind, consciousness, nature of mind, Presocratic philosophy, Plato, Augustine of Hippo, Friedrich Nietzsche, Alfred North Whitehead, Russellian monism, combination problem, philosophy of mind, metaphysics of mind

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