pampsychism

English

Etymology

See panpsychism. The spelling is more true to the Latin and Ancient Greek roots.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pamˈpsʌɪkɪz(ə)m/, /pæmˈpsaɪ(ˌ)kɪz(ə)m/

Noun

pampsychism (usually uncountable, plural pampsychisms)

1. Alternative spelling of panpsychism
   • 1903 [Charles Schribner's Sons], Duncan Black MacDonald, Development of Muslim Theology, Jurisprudence, and Constitutional Theory, 2008, The Lawbook Exchange, page 251,

     Here we have the beginning of the doctrine which, later, under the name of Averroism and pampsychism ran like wild-fire through the schools of Europe.

   • 1914, Darcy Butterworth Kitchin, Bergson for Beginners, George Allen, page 309:

     The theory of pampsychism is based on the law of continuity, that we cannot, as we regress downwards from man, draw a definite line and say that here life and activity cease.

   • 1958, Austin Marsden Farrer, The Freedom of the Will, 2nd edition, Adam & Charles Black, page 175:

     We have an embarrassing number of cosmic personalisms, or pampsychisms, to choose from.

Related terms

• pampsychist