A Panpsychist Hypothesis (General)

by GateKeeper , Saturday, June 14, 2014, 13:04 (3603 days ago) @ dhw

PART TWO
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> We should now go back to the panpsychist concept of matter with "quasi conscious aspects, some very unlike what we experience as consciousness", and in particular we should bear in mind that matter means zillions and zillions of energy particles. These are the quantum energy particles which David himself has imbued with the intelligence of his God, so intelligent particles are common to both hypotheses. I think we would all agree ... except perhaps Romansh ... that every human has his/her own individuality. Those who have had experience of living with animals will say the same of them. Those who have studied ants and bacteria etc. express surprise at the "intelligence" shown by individuals. (David recently gave us the example of slime, and has offered us countless others.) The behaviour of cells in cell communities gives us the same message. You will see that I'm working my way from the complex back to the comparatively simple. The "particles" are individuals that cooperate (or compete), and the innovations that have driven evolution have stemmed from individual intelligences ... because every innovation must take place within an organism that already exists. To what extent this process can be applied to inorganic matter we don't know (that's why I've mentioned "natural laws"), but in the organic world we do not have ONE mind: we have zillions, from the human brain down to bacteria. These live for themselves and for their particular communities, and the "inner mental aspects" of these communities are also individual (Sheldrake's species consciousness).
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wow thank you.