In:
Journal of Consciousness Studies, Imprint Academic Ltd, Vol. 28, No. 9 ( 2021-01-01), p. 250-267
Abstract:
This paper argues that there is a deep level of agreement between panpsychism and theism. Goff's Galileo's Error would have been even more compelling than it already is if Goff had portrayed a panpsychist cosmos as the world created by God, not as a spiritual alternative to
theism. First, I critique Goff's assumption of incompatibilism, with regards the relationship between science and religion, and argue that panpsychism provides unique resources for articulating divine action. Second, I argue that most panpsychists endorse either the 'principle of sufficient reason' or a 'causal principle' in their rejection of emergence theory, and that if either of these principles are applied to the universe as a whole this would imply a further endorsement of the cosmological argument for the existence of God.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1355-8250
DOI:
10.53765/20512201.28.9.250
Language:
English
Publisher:
Imprint Academic Ltd
Publication Date:
2021
SSG:
24
SSG:
5,1
SSG:
5,2
SSG:
5,21
