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micropsychism

micropsychism noun: the belief that the physical world is independent of the mind, and that some ultimates have experiential properties that are fundamentally necessary in the explanation of consciousness.

Noun

micropsychism (uncountable)

  1. The belief that the physical world is independent of the mind, and that some ultimates have experiential properties that are fundamentally necessary in the explanation of consciousness.
    • The resulting all-inclusive potential explanatory advantage of protophenomenalism over phenomenal micropsychism is offset by the liability that it proposes properties of which we currently have at best only a minimal conception.2013, Uriah Kriegel, Current Controversies in Philosophy of Mind, →ISBN
    • According to Strawson, micropsychism is a position similar to property dualism insofar as it takes mentality to be a fundamental property of physical systems.2013, Michael Blamauer, The Mental as Fundamental: New Perspectives on Panpsychism, →ISBN

Origin of micropsychism

From micro- + psychism.

Questions about micropsychism

What does micropsychism mean?
Micropsychism means the belief that the physical world is independent of the mind, and that some ultimates have experiential properties that are fundamentally necessary in the explanation of consciousness.
What part of speech is micropsychism?
Micropsychism is a noun.

Words near micropsychism in the dictionary

  1. microprudential
  2. microprudentially
  3. micropsia
  4. micropsias
  5. micropsy
  6. micropsychism
  7. micropsychoses
  8. micropsychosis
  9. micropsychotic
  10. micropteran
  11. micropterigid

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