panpsychism

[ pan-sahy-kiz-uh m ]
/ pænˈsaɪ kɪz əm /

noun

a theory that all matter has some form of consciousness.

OTHER WORDS FROM panpsychism

pan·psy·chist, adjective

Words nearby panpsychism

panoramic sight, panoramic x-ray film, panotitis, panpipe, panpipes, panpsychism, panradiometer, panromantic, pansexual, pansil, pansinusitis

Example sentences from the Web for panpsychism

  • This opens the chapter of the relations of radical empiricism to panpsychism, into which I can not enter now.

    Essays in Radical Empiricism |William James

  • Whatever be the value of this dualism, it will have to be discussed even in the hypothesis of panpsychism.

    The Mind and the Brain |Alfred Binet

  • This form of panpsychism finds its simplest expression in the "trinity of substance."

    Evolution in Modern Thought |Ernst Haeckel