Are Composite Subjects Possible? A Clarification of the Subject Combination Problem Facing Panpsychism

• Published in: European Journal of Analytic Philosophy Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 205 - 229
• Main Author: S, Siddharth
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Rijeka. Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences 01.01.2024
• Subjects: combination problem; consciousness; panpsychism; subject composition

Panpsychism, the view that phenomenal consciousness is present at the fundamental physical level, faces the subject combination problem––the question of whether (and how) subjects of experience can combine. While various solutions to the problem have been proposed, these often seem to be based on a...