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> Sadly, there are very talented contemporary philosophers who believe in panpsychism. What saddens you about this?

• hyperpape 9y ago
  I think that panpsychism is one of a handful of views in contemporary philosophy that ought to be treated as a reductio, but have truly brilliant proponents who have convinced the profession to giving those positions more time than they are due. To clarify, panpsychism is still a very small minority position.
  • cgmg 9y ago
    Why do you think panpsychism "ought to be treated as a reductio"? Why do you believe panpsychism deserves less time than it receives?
    • hackinthebochs 9y ago
      I'm not the OP, but I think the problems with panpsychism are that 1. it creates more problems than it solves (the combination problem and its sub-problems), 2. it's anti-parsimonious, 3. it follows a poor track record of philosophers assuming the mysterious thing in question is fundamental (i.e. ontologically basic) and being proven wrong. Don't know why people insist on making that same mistake.