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Originally Posted by duck  And as far as the universe is concerned, why isn't is possible to accept it for what it is on a face basis? |
What do you mean?
I try to accept the world for what it is. My understanding of panpsychism is based on my direct experience and commonsense. I perceive the opposite belief as more likely being based on modern cultural expectations. I don't know of the world outside of mind, and so why would I arbitrarily assume that mind is a random epiphenomenon of evolution. Its possible that there is a world outside of my experience, but I can know nothing about this theoretical world. I don't know what might be a fundamental aspect of mind in the world, but, for that matter, I don't know what is fundamental even to my own brain.
I don't know what it all means, but I do know that all understanding(and all scientific observations and theorizing) begins with the mind. And so that is what I take as the basic beginning point of my search for understanding about anything including the world. I'm open to criticisms, and I try not to be too attached to any concept of reality even ones that seem perfectly rational and commonsense.
I came across panpsychism from a book written by Christian de Quincey. Here is a discussion about his ideas and panpsychism in general:
http://www.infidelguy.com/forumarchi...wtopic&t=16119
While googling panpsychism, I came across two other pan- terms. There is panexperientialism which is an offshoot of panpsychism. And there is pansemiotics which I know nothing about.