Leidenhag, J orcid.org/0000-0002-1164-7032 (Cover date: 2021) Why a Panpsychist Should Adopt Theism: God, Galileo, and Goff. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 28 (9-10). pp. 250-267. ISSN 1355-8250
Abstract
This paper argues that there is a deep level of agreement between panpsychism and theism. Goff's Galileo's Error would have been even more compelling than it already is if Goff had portrayed a panpsychist cosmos as the world created by God, not as a spiritual alternative to theism. First, I critique Goff's assumption of incompatibilism, with regards the relationship between science and religion, and argue that panpsychism provides unique resources for articulating divine action. Second, I argue that most panpsychists endorse either the 'principle of sufficient reason' or a 'causal principle' in their rejection of emergence theory, and that if either of these principles are applied to the universe as a whole this would imply a further endorsement of the cosmological argument for the existence of God.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Imprint Academic. This is an author produced version of an article, published in Journal of Consciousness Studies. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 17 Nov 2021 12:24 |
Last Modified: | 17 Nov 2021 12:24 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Imprint Academic |
Identification Number: | 10.53765/20512201.28.9.250 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:180157 |