Mind That Abides: Panpsychism in the new millennium

421 Pages·2009·15.22 MB·English

by  David Skrbina (Editor)

Mind that Abides
Advances in Consciousness Research (AiCR)
Provides a forum for scholars from different scientific disciplines and fields of
knowledge who study consciousness in its multifaceted aspects. Thus the Series
includes (but is not limited to) the various areas of cognitive science, including
cognitive psychology, brain science, philosophy and linguistics. The orientation
of the series is toward developing new interdisciplinary and integrative
approaches for the investigation, description and theory of consciousness, as well
as the practical consequences of this research for the individual in society.
From 1999 the Series consists of two subseries that cover the most important
types of contributions to consciousness studies:
Series A: Theory and Method. Contributions to the development of theory
and method in the study of consciousness; Series B: Research in Progress.
Experimental, descriptive and clinical research in consciousness.
This book is a contribution to Series A.
Editor
Maxim I. Stamenov
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Editorial Board
David J. Chalmers George Mandler
Australian National University University of California at San Diego
Gordon G. Globus Susana Martinez-Conde
University of California at Irvine Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ,
Christof Koch USA
California Institute of Technology John R. Searle
Stephen M. Kosslyn University of California at Berkeley
Harvard University Petra Stoerig
Stephen L. Macknik Universität Düsseldorf
Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ,
USA
Volume 75
Mind that Abides. Panpsychism in the new millennium.
Edited by David Skrbina
Mind that Abides
Panpsychism in the new millennium
Edited by
David Skrbina
University of Michigan at Dearborn
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Mind that abides : panpsychism in the new millennium / edited by David Skrbina.
p. cm. (Advances in Consciousness Research, issn 1381-589X ; v. 75)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Panpsychism. I. Skrbina, David.
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Table of contents
Contributors vii
Acknowledgementsanddedication ix
Introduction xi
1. Panpsychisminhistory:Anoverview 1
DavidSkrbina
PartI. Analysisandscience
2. Realisticmonism:Whyphysicalismentailspanpsychism 33
GalenStrawson
3. Haltingthedescentintopanpsychism:Aquantumthermofield
theoreticalperspective 67
GordonG.Globus
4. Mindundermatter 83
SamColeman
5. Theconsciousconnection:Apsycho-physicalbridgebetweenbrain
andpan-experientialquantumgeometry 109
StuartR.HameroffandJonathanPowell
6. Canthepanpsychistgetaroundthecombinationproblem? 129
PhilipGoff
7. Universalcorrelatesofconsciousness 137
StephenDeiss
8. Panpsychism,theBig-Bang-Argument,andthedignityoflife 159
PatrickSpät
PartII. Processphilosophy
9. BacktoWhitehead?GalenStrawsonandtherediscoveryofpanpsychism 179
PierfrancescoBasile
10. Doesprocessexternalismsupportpanpsychism?Therelationalnature
ofthephysicalworldasafoundationfortheconsciousmind 201
RiccardoManzotti
11. Thedynamicsofpossession:Anintroductiontothesociology
ofGabrielTarde 221
DidierDebaise
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12. Finiteeventism 231
CareyR.Carlson
PartIII. Metaphysicsandmind
13. Zero-personandthepsyche 253
GrahamHarman
14. “Allthingsthink:”Panpsychismandthemetaphysicsofnature 283
IainHamiltonGrant
15. ‘Somethingthere?’JamesandFechnermeetina‘PluralisticUniverse’ 301
KatrinSolhdju
16. PanpsychicpresuppositionsofSamkhyametaphysics 315
JaisonA.Manjaly
17. Theawarenessofrock:East-Asianunderstandingsandimplications 325
GrahamParkes
18. WhyhastheWestfailedtoembracepanpsychism? 341
FreyaMathews
19. Minds,objects,andrelations:Towardadual-aspectontology 361
DavidSkrbina
References 383
Index 399
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Contributors
PierfrancescoBasile BirminghamB152TT,UK
DepartmentofPhilosophy [email protected]
UniversityofBerne
Länggassstrasse49a IainHamiltonGrant
3000Berne9,Switzerland DepartmentofPolitics,Philosophy
[email protected] andInternationalRelations
UniversityoftheWestofEngland
CareyRalphCarlson StMatthiasCampus
2624PierceSt.NE BristolBS162JP,UK
Minneapolis,MN55418,USA [email protected]
[email protected]
StuartR.Hameroff
SamColeman DepartmentsofAnesthesiology
DepartmentofPhilosophy andPsychology
UniversityofHertfordshire, UniversityofArizona
deHavillandCampus Tucson,AZ85724,USA
HatfieldAL109AB,UK [email protected]
[email protected]
GrahamHarman
DidierDebaise AmericanUniversityinCairo
MaxPlanckInstitute Philosophy113Qasral-Aini
Boltzmannstr.22 Cairo,Egypt
14195Berlin,Germany [email protected]
[email protected]
JaisonA.Manjaly
StephenR.Deiss DepartmentofHumanities
UniversityofCaliforniaatSanDiego IndianInstituteofTechnology,
IntegratedSystemsNeuroscienceLab Gandhinogal
9500GilmanDrive Ahmedabad-382424,India
LaJolla,CA92093,USA [email protected]
[email protected]
RiccardoManzotti
GordonG.Globus,M.D. IULMUniversityofMilan
400NewportCenterDrive,Suite701 ViaCarloBo,8
NewportBeach,CA92660,USA 20143Milano,Italy
[email protected] [email protected]
PhilipGoff FreyaMathews
DepartmentofPhilosophy PhilosophyProgram/CACE
UniversityofBirmingham LaTrobeUniversity
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Victoria3086,Australia KatrinSolhdju
[email protected] MaxPlanckInstitute
Boltzmannstr.22
14195Berlin,Germany
GrahamParkes
[email protected]
DepartmentofPhilosophy
UniversityCollegeCork
PatrickSpät
1–2LucanPlace
Zi-Nr:14-02-20
Cork,Ireland
Merzhauser-Str.152
[email protected]
79100Freiburg,Germany
[email protected]
DavidSkrbina
DepartmentofPhilosophy GalenStrawson
UniversityofMichigan,Dearborn PhilosophyDepartment
5901EvergreenRoad TheUniversityofReading
Dearborn,MI48128,USA ReadingRG66AA,UK
[email protected] [email protected]
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Acknowledgements and dedication
Thisbookwascompletedonamostexpeditioustimeschedule,andIwanttothankall
thecontributorsfortheirhard work and responsiveness tothe scheduling demands,
someundertryingcircumstances.SpecialthanksgotoGordonGlobusforproviding
initialencouragementformetoundertakethisproject.
I want to express my appreciation for the support given by Erik Weber, Freddy
Mortier,and everyoneat theCenterforLogicandPhilosophy ofScience,University
of Gent (Belgium); much of the work for this book was performed during a visit-
ingprofessorshipthere,andanadditionalresearchfellowshipallowedmethetimeto
completeit.
Thanksalsotomywife,Lynn,forinvaluablesupportwithproofreading,typing,
andotherlogistics.
Thisbookisdedicatedtothosephilosophersofthefuturewho,throughapanpsy-
chist metaphysics, are ableto‘forcethewill ofmillennia uponnewtracks’(topara-
phraseNietzsche).
D.S.