D. S. Clarke is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He is the author of many books including Philosophy's Second Revolution: Early and Recent Analytic Philosophy.

• Preface 1. Introduction What is Panpsychism? Analogical Inferences Epistemological Questions 2. Versions of Panpsychism Greek Origins Leibniz's MonadologyThe Panpsychism of Whitehead's Process and RealityHartshorne's ReformulationNagel on Mentality in Wholes and Parts The Analogical Reasoning of Fechner and Chalmers 3. Humanist and Mechanist Alternatives Humanism and Naturalism Behavioral and Functionalist Descriptions of Language Use Some Criticisms of Functionalism Self-Consciousness and Freedom Intentionality 4. Mental Ascriptions Ascribing Sensations Social Aspects of Attitude Ascriptions Mentality and Spontaneity in the Infrahuman 5. Mentality and Evolution Mechanism and the Origination Argument Does the Panpsychist Thesis Extend to Fundamental Particles? Resultant and Emergent Properties The Role of Spontaneity in Evolution 6. The Theistic Alternative Universe-Wide Mentality Locke's Argument for God's ExistenceSwinburne's Argument from Consciousness 7. The Religious Attitude The Religious Attitude and Theology Linguistic Fideism Practical Inferences and Moral Overrides The Positive Drift for Panpsychism Notes References Index

D. S. Clarke is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He is the author of many books including Philosophy's Second Revolution: Early and Recent Analytic Philosophy.

• Preface 1. Introduction What is Panpsychism? Analogical Inferences Epistemological Questions 2. Versions of Panpsychism Greek Origins Leibniz's MonadologyThe Panpsychism of Whitehead's Process and RealityHartshorne's ReformulationNagel on Mentality in Wholes and Parts The Analogical Reasoning of Fechner and Chalmers 3. Humanist and Mechanist Alternatives Humanism and Naturalism Behavioral and Functionalist Descriptions of Language Use Some Criticisms of Functionalism Self-Consciousness and Freedom Intentionality 4. Mental Ascriptions Ascribing Sensations Social Aspects of Attitude Ascriptions Mentality and Spontaneity in the Infrahuman 5. Mentality and Evolution Mechanism and the Origination Argument Does the Panpsychist Thesis Extend to Fundamental Particles? Resultant and Emergent Properties The Role of Spontaneity in Evolution 6. The Theistic Alternative Universe-Wide Mentality Locke's Argument for God's ExistenceSwinburne's Argument from Consciousness 7. The Religious Attitude The Religious Attitude and Theology Linguistic Fideism Practical Inferences and Moral Overrides The Positive Drift for Panpsychism Notes References Index