 Fechner has gone down in history as “the father of panpsychism”. But that phrase is problematic. We should drop the claim to paternity since the doctrine is very old and has had a wealth of followers, both in ancient and modern times. The more important question is whether it is accurate to describe Fechner’s philosophy as “panpsychism”. The label is correct if it means the following: the doctrine that all living beings are psychic, i.e., have the power of  consciousness.[7] 