Panpsychistic

Panpsychistic
Panpsychism Pan*psy"chism, n. [See {Pan-}; {Psychic}.] The theory that all nature is psychical or has a psychical aspect; the theory that every particle of matter has a psychical character or aspect. -- {Pan*psy"chic}, a. -- {Pan*psy"chist}, n. -- {Pan`psy*chis"tic}, a.

Fechner affords a conspicuous instance of the idealistic tendency to mysterize nature in his panpsychicism, or that form of noumenal idealism which holds that the universe is a vast communion of spirits, souls of men, of animals, of plants, of earth and other planets, of the sun, all embraced as different members in the soul of the world. --Encyc. Brit. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • panpsychistic — pan·psy·chis·tic …   English syllables

  • panpsychistic — adjective see panpsychist * * * panpsychistˈic adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑panpsychism …   Useful english dictionary

  • Bernhard Rensch — (* 21. Januar 1900 in Thale im Harz; † 4. April 1990 in Münster) war ein Evolutionsbiologe, Zoologe, Verhaltensforscher, Neurophysiologe und Philosoph. Er war Mitbegründer der synthetischen Evolutionstheorie. Er war Ordinarius für Zoologie und… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Bernhard Rensch — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Bernhard Rensch (* 21 de enero de 1900–4 de abril de 1990). Biólogo y ornitólogo alemán, fue uno de los principales artífices de la Síntesis evolutiva moderna. Contenido 1 Obra 2 Bibliografía …   Wikipedia Español

  • panpsychism — pan·psy·chism (păn sīʹkĭz əm) n. The view that all matter has consciousness. * * * ▪ philosophy       (from Greek pan, “all”; psychē, “soul”), a philosophical theory asserting that a plurality of separate and distinct psychic beings or minds… …   Universalium

  • personalism — personalist, n. personalistic, adj. /perr seuh nl iz euhm/, n. 1. Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine. 2. Psychol. an approach stressing individual… …   Universalium

  • James, William — born Jan. 11, 1842, New York, N.Y., U.S. died Aug. 26, 1910, Chocorua, N.H. U.S. philosopher and psychologist. Son of the philosophical writer Henry James (1811–82) and brother of the novelist Henry James, he studied medicine at Harvard, where he …   Universalium

  • Panpsychism — • A philosophical theory which holds that everything in the universe, inorganic and organic, has some degree of consciousness Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Panpsychism     Panpsychism …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Platonic — Synonyms and related words: Augustinian, Averroist, Berkeleian, Cartesian, Hegelian, Heideggerian, Heraclitean, Humean, Husserlian, Kantian, Leibnizian, Neo Hegelian, Neo Pythagorean, Neoplatonic, Neoplatonistic, Parmenidean, Peripatetic,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • idealist — Synonyms and related words: Berkeleian, Don Quixote, Hegelian, Kantian, Neoplatonic, Neoplatonist, Neoplatonistic, Platonic, Platonist, Platonistic, Quixote, animist, animistic, daydreamer, dreamer, dreamer of dreams, enthusiast, escapist,… …   Moby Thesaurus

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”