Panpsychism
Definition
The philosophical-articulation that consciousness is fundamental cosmic-feature operating at every scale of cosmic-articulation. Panpsychism names the philosophical-position that aligns with the broader Netist articulation of consciousness as cosmic-substrate; the position has been articulated across many specific philosophical-traditions, and the contemporary panpsychism-research provides bridge-science articulation for the broader-tradition's recognition.
Literal meaning
The philosophical-position that consciousness is fundamental cosmic-feature. Panpsychism (Greek: *pan*=all, *psyche*=mind/soul) articulates the broader-philosophical claim that consciousness is structurally-foundational rather than emergent-from physical-articulation alone.
Esoteric meaning
Panpsychism articulates the structural-feature that the broader contemplative-tradition has recognized as *consciousness as foundational-substrate*. The structural-recognition is that consciousness is not merely-emergent from brain-organization but is structurally-foundational at every scale of cosmic-articulation; the contemporary philosophical-articulation provides bridge-science recognition for the broader-tradition's articulation. The relationship to the *Law of Mentalism* is structural-equivalence at the philosophical-articulation.
Allegorical meaning
A structural-recognition that what-had-been-considered local-feature operates as universal-feature: previously the assumption was that consciousness is local-property of brains, the recognition is that consciousness is universal-feature operating at every scale, and the structural-recognition is that the broader-architecture includes consciousness as foundational rather than as emergent.
Extended meaning
Panpsychism articulates several specific structural-features: (1) The position has been articulated across philosophical-history: pre-Socratic philosophers (Thales, Anaxagoras), Stoic philosophers, Leibniz's monadology, Whitehead's process-philosophy, and the contemporary articulations; (2) The contemporary articulations include David Chalmers's *constitutive panpsychism*, Galen Strawson's *real materialism* (which is structurally-panpsychist), Philip Goff's articulation in *Galileo's Error*, and the broader contemporary research-community; (3) The position aligns with the broader Netist articulation of consciousness as cosmic-substrate; the *Law of Mentalism*, *Understanding Consciousness*, *Cosmic Consciousness* articles articulate this at the broader-tradition articulation; (4) The position addresses the *hard problem of consciousness* (David Chalmers's articulation) by recognizing consciousness as fundamental rather than as something requiring derivation-from physical-only articulation. The relationship to *Law of Mentalism*, *Understanding Consciousness*, *Cosmic Consciousness*, *Atūm*, and the broader consciousness articulations is structural.
*Panpsychism* articulates the philosophical-position aligning with the broader Netist consciousness-articulation. The article complements *Law of Mentalism*, *Understanding Consciousness*, *Cosmic Consciousness*, *Atūm*, and the broader consciousness articulations.
Usage
A practitioner encounters Panpsychism in the broader articulation of philosophy-of-mind and in specific contexts of consciousness-as-fundamental work.
Science correspondence
David Chalmers's *The Conscious Mind* (1996) articulating constitutive panpsychism. Philip Goff's *Galileo's Error* (2019). Galen Strawson's articulation of *real materialism*. Philip Pullman's articulation in *His Dark Materials*. The broader contemporary research-community at the broader panpsychism-research conferences.