In philosophy, panpsychism is the view that mind or soul (psyche) is a universal feature of all things, and the primordial feature from which all others are derived. A panpsychist sees themselves as a mind in a world of minds. Panpsychism is one of the oldest philosophical theories, and has been ascribed to philosophers like Thales, Plato, Spinoza...
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theory that all nature has a psychic side
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• (n.) The theory that all nature is psychical or has a psychical aspect; the theory that every particle of matter has a psychical character or aspect.
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(from Greek pan, `all`; psych, `soul`), a philosophical theory asserting that a plurality of separate and distinct psychic beings or minds ... [2 related articles]
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Pan·psy'chism noun [ See Pan- ; Psychic .] The theory that all nature is psychical or has a psychical aspect; the theory that every particle of matter has a psychical character or aspect. -- Pan*psy'chic adjective -- Pan*psy'chist
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the theory that all objects in the universe
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either the view that all parts of matter involve mind, or the more holistic view that the whole universe is an organism that possesses a mind. It is thus a stronger and more ambitious view than hylozoism, which holds only that all things are alive. This is not to say that panpsychism believes that all matter is alive or even conscious but rather th...
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panpsychism In philosophy (also called pampsychism), the theory that all matter, or all nature, is itself psychical, or has a psychical aspect; that atoms and molecules, as well as plants and animals, have a rudimentary life of sensation, feeling, and impulse that bears the same relation to their movements just as the psychical life of human being...
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(Gr pan, all, psyche, soul) A form of metaphysical idealism, of which Leibniz's theory of monads is the classical example, according to which the whole of nature consists of psychic centers similar to the human mind. -- L.W.
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