Pansychism (Introduction)

by David Turell , Wednesday, October 02, 2013, 02:23 (4071 days ago) @ George Jelliss

George: Panpsychism is just silly. It's like the old 'elan vital' concept of things being live because they contain the spark of life, or like the old homunculus theory of heredity. These are 'explanations' that explain nothing.-I'm in full agreement.
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> George: Chemistry and Genetics have successfully explained the nature of life and heredity in terms of atoms, molecules and energy, and similar 'reductionist' explanations of mind and consciousness are well on the way.-Not if you read Thomas Nagel. Will you comment on his ideas?
And how do you explain the findings Sam Parnia's latest book demonstrates?