• Eugen
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    If Panpsychism is true, is it possible that mind plays no role in the so called physical world?
  • Pfhorrest
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    I see no logical incompatibility between them. I was about to say that epiphenomenslism kinda renders it pointless to suppose that everything has a mind, but that’s really just an argument against epiphenomenalism generally, regardless of panpsychism.
  • Eugen
    702
    Hmmm... you got me thinking... so the only way I see it in favor of epiphenomenalism in case panpsychism is true is to assume that:

    1. atoms have mass, charge, spin, etc. + consciousness
    2. consciousness does not interact in any way and does not play an active role in the Universe
    3. mass, charge, spin, etc. influence consciousness, but not vice versa

    *2. consciousness has an effect, it combines with itself

    But I am wondering if what I have written is a panpsychist view itself.
  • Pfhorrest
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    That would be a kind of panpsychism and also a kind of epiphenomenalism, yes.
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