Panpsychism and the Religious Attitude
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Panpsychism and the Religious Attitude

  1. 212 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Panpsychism and the Religious Attitude

About this book

Defends panpsychism, the view that mentality is present in all natural bodies with unified and persisting organization.

Human beings have thoughts, sensations, and feelings and think that at least some of this mental life is shared with domestic and wild animals. But, are there reduced degrees of mentality found in mosquitoes, bacteria, and even more primitive natural bodies? Panpsychists think so and have defended this belief throughout the history of philosophy, beginning with the ancient Greeks and continuing into the present. In this bold, challenging book, D. S. Clarke outlines reasons for accepting panpsychism and defends the doctrine against its critics. He proposes it as an alternative to the mechanistic materialism and humanism that dominate present-day philosophy.

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Table of contents

  1. Panpsychism and the Religious Attitude
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. 1. Introduction
  5. 2. Versions of Panpsychism
  6. 3. Humanist and Mechanist Alternatives
  7. 4. Mental Ascriptions
  8. 5. Mentality and Evolution
  9. 6. The Theistic Alternative
  10. 7. The Religious Attitude
  11. Notes
  12. References
  13. Index