What is Panpsychism?
{{Restructure|date=March 2025}} '''Panpsychism''' is the [[theory]] that everything in the universe is somewhat [[sentient]] or [[conscious]]. They are all connected parts of the whole.<ref>{{Citation|last=Goff|first=Philip|title=Panpsychism|date=2022|url=https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2022/entries/panpsychism/|work=The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy|editor-last=Zalta|editor-first=Edward N.|edition=Summer 2022|publisher=Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University|access-date=2024-03-10|last2=Seager|first2=William|last3=Allen-Hermanson|first3=Sean}}</ref> ==Overview== Panpsychists believe that all [[matter]] in the universe has some degree of [[consciousness]].In other words the substance of the universe is composed entirely of [[mind]] or consciousness. This is not to say that rocks have a mind but that the individual atoms and other particles in the rock have some sort of awareness and are aware of each other. ==Doctrine== Panpsychism is opposed to [[materialism]] or any [[doctrine]] that argues that the reality of the universe is composed solely of matter. Panpsychism needs no [[supernatural]] miracle to explain consciousness, it is consciousness. In other words we are all part of a grand [[communication]] scheme which is the glue that holds the [[universe]] together. ==Other websites== * [http://www.panpsychism.net Panpsychism.net] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304094524/http://panpsychism.net/ |date=2021-03-04 }} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{stub}} [[Category:Philosophical movements and positions]]