“As we shall see ⟳ in chapter 3, the Tiantai school of Buddhism advocated a version of panpsychism without such beliefs, and this demonstrates that the panpsychist thesis stands on its own ⟳, and is logically independent of the claim ⟳ that mentality can somehow be attributed to the universe as a whole.”

“Generally speaking, elements of panpsychism in phenomenology are faint at best. In [Graham] Harman's opinion, "It's safe to say ⟳ that there is no panpsychist strain ⟳ anywhere in the phenomenological movement."”

“Panpsychism is a family of views whose basic principles are that the mental is both fundamental and ubiquitous.[…]Panpsychism can be usefully contrasted with the opposing doctrine of *emergentism: the view ⟳ that certain attributes apply ⟳ to complex systems which do not apply ⟳ to the system's constituents.”

“[Anne Conway's] treatise, the first philosophical paper published by a woman, was one of the first modern articulations of panpsychism, the idea that consciousness is fundamental to the natural world.”

“Whitehead devised such a conception, which to my mind ⟳ definitely supersedes the panpsychisms of the history of metaphysics.”

“The genius of modern panpsychisms has proved to be their capacity to incorporate rather than reject ⟳ the mechanistic point ⟳ of view ⟳.”

“This seems to be due to one factor that they all—the various idealisms, phenomenalisms, positivisms, and panpsychisms—have ⟳ in common: They reject ⟳, or at least fail ⟳ to endorse, the idea of “matter ⟳.””

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