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pansensism

UK/panˈsɛnsɪzm/

pansensism noun: the closely allied forms of panpsychism espoused by the Italian Renaissance philosophers Bernardino Telesio (1509–1588) and Tommaso Campanella (1568–1639), in which all things are capable of perception or sensation.

Noun

pansensism (uncountable)

  1. The closely allied forms of panpsychism espoused by the Italian Renaissance philosophers Bernardino Telesio (1509–1588) and Tommaso Campanella (1568–1639), in which all things are capable of perception or sensation.
    • A clarification is needed at this point concerning Campanella’s doctrine of universal sensation or pansensism, which has a close relationship to his doctrine of self-consciousness.1956, Franciscan Studies, XVI, page 58

Origin of pansensism

First attested in 1956; formed as pan- + sense + -ism. Compare omnisensuality and panæsthetism.

Questions about pansensism

What does pansensism mean?
Pansensism means the closely allied forms of panpsychism espoused by the Italian Renaissance philosophers Bernardino Telesio (1509–1588) and Tommaso Campanella (1568–1639), in which all things are capable of perception or sensation.
What part of speech is pansensism?
Pansensism is a noun.
How do you pronounce pansensism?
Pansensism is pronounced /panˈsɛnsɪzm/ (UK).

Words near pansensism in the dictionary

  1. pansclerotic
  2. Pansegrouw
  3. panselectionism
  4. panselectionist
  5. panselectionists
  6. pansensism
  7. pansensitive
  8. pansensitivity
  9. pansentience
  10. panser
  11. panserositis

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