# Panpsychism **Domain:** Philosophy of Mind / Metaphysics **Doc Type:** Concept Node **Maturity:** Evolving **Related:** [[Hard Problem of Consciousness]], [[Integrated Information Theory]], [[Physicalism]], [[Consciousness]] --- ## Definition **Panpsychism** is the family of views holding that mentality or proto-experiential properties are fundamental and widespread rather than late exceptions in an otherwise wholly non-experiential universe. ## Corpus Context In [[articles/Beyond the Sea|Beyond the Sea]], panpsychism marks one serious alternative in the unsettled ontology of consciousness. It does not imply that every aggregate possesses unified personhood or rights. ## Key Insight **This node connects its historical or conceptual subject to the corpus without treating analogy as proof of direct influence.** ## See Also [[Hard Problem of Consciousness]], [[Integrated Information Theory]], [[Physicalism]], [[Consciousness]] ## Sources / Provenance - [[articles/Beyond the Sea|Beyond the Sea]]