Panpsychism and ensemble explanations

• Published in: Philosophical studies Vol. 179; no. 12; pp. 3583 - 3597
• Main Authors: Li, Han, Saad, Bradford
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.12.2022
• Subjects: Education; Epistemology; Ethics; Metaphysics; Philosophy; Philosophy of Language; Philosophy of Mind; Consciousness; Origins of life; Multiverse; Panpsychism; Anthropic principles; Fine-tuning; Observation selection effect

Panpsychism claims that the vast majority of conscious subjects in our world are inanimate and physical. Ensemble explanations account for striking phenomena by placing them within an ensemble of outcomes, most of which are not striking. This paper develops an explanatory problem for panpsychism: pa...