Panpsychism
Panpsychism is the view that consciousness is a fundamental quality of the physical world. The "new" panpsychism is void of the mystical connotations of previous forms of the view. It describes matter from two perspectives.
- Physical science describes matter "from the outside" in terms of its behavior.
- Matter "from the inside" comprises of forms of consciousness.
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