Chapter 1: The Quantum You

1. Physicalism says that everything in our world is physical.
2. If physicalism is true, everything in out world is physical including consciousness.
3. But we can conceive of a “zombie world", a physical world without consciousness then,
4. Physicalism is proven false,...

Panpsychism is the view that consciousness is a fundamental quality of the physical world. The "new" panpsychism is void of the mystical connotations of previous forms of the view. It describes matter from two perspectives.

• Physical science describes matter "from the...

One of the approaches of idealists, called panpsychism, claims that both physical matter and consciousness are fundamental, and particles, energies and fields are simply forms of consciousness.

This approach tries to bridge the gaps left by dualism and materialism in our mind-boggling...