Preface 1. Introduction What is Panpsychism? Analogical Inferences Epistemological Questions 2. Versions of Panpsychism Greek Origins Leibniz's Monadology The Panpsychism of Whitehead's Process and Reality Hartshorne's Reformulation Nagel on Mentality in Wholes and Parts The Analogical Reasoning of Fechner and Chalmers 3. Humanist and Mechanist Alternatives Humanism and Naturalism Behavioral and Functionalist Descriptions of Language Use Some Criticisms of Functionalism Self-Consciousness and Freedom Intentionality 4. Mental Ascriptions Ascribing Sensations Social Aspects of Attitude Ascriptions Mentality and Spontaneity in the Infrahuman 5. Mentality and Evolution Mechanism and the Origination Argument Does the Panpsychist Thesis Extend to Fundamental Particles? Resultant and Emergent Properties The Role of Spontaneity in Evolution 6. The Theistic Alternative Universe-Wide Mentality Locke's Argument for God's Existence Swinburne's Argument from Consciousness 7. The Religious Attitude The Religious Attitude and Theology Linguistic Fideism Practical Inferences and Moral Overrides The Positive Drift for Panpsychism Notes References Index.
Panpsychism and the Religious Attitude