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Panpsychism and ensemble explanations
- Abstract:
- 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: panpsychism renders two appealing ensemble explanations unsatisfactory. Specifically, we argue that panpsychism renders unsatisfactory the multiverse explanation of why a universe supports life and the many-planets explanation of why a planet supports life.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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(Preview, Accepted manuscript, pdf, 271.9KB, Terms of use)
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1007/s11098-022-01851-0
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+ European Research Council
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- Funder identifier:
- https://ror.org/0472cxd90
- Grant:
- 726251
+ John Templeton Foundation
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- Funder identifier:
- https://ror.org/035tnyy05
- Grant:
- 61516
+ Graduate School, University of Texas, Austin
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- Funder identifier:
- 10.13039/100005688
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Journal:
- Philosophical Studies More from this journal
- Volume:
- 179
- Issue:
- 12
- Pages:
- 3583-3597
- Publication date:
- 2022-07-22
- Acceptance date:
- 2022-06-20
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1573-0883
- ISSN:
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0031-8116
- Language:
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English
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- Pubs id:
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2305267
- Local pid:
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pubs:2305267
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2026-02-10
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- Copyright holder:
- Li and Saad
- Copyright date:
- 2022
- Rights statement:
- Copyright © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V.
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Springer at https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11098-022-01851-0
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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