Panpsychism and the Religious Attitude

AvD. S. Clarke

Inbunden, Engelska, 2003

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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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Utgivningsdatum:2003-02-27
Mått:152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt:399 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:212
Förlag:State University of New York Press
ISBN:9780791456859

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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.

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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