Abstract
P>This paper starts from the assumption that panpsychism is counterintuitive and metaphysically demanding. A number of philosophers, whilst not denying these negative aspects of the view, think that panpsychism has in its favour that it offers a good explanation of consciousness. In opposition to this, the paper argues that panpsychism cannot help us to explain consciousness, at least not the kind of consciousness we have pre-theoretical reason to believe in.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 289-311 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| Journal | Dialectica |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Sept 2009 |