Micropsychism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Micropsychism is a noun meaning (philosophy) The belief that the physical world is independent of the mind, and that some ultimates have experiential properties that are fundamentally necessary in the explanation of consciousness.
Meaning
(philosophy) The belief that the physical world is independent of the mind, and that some ultimates have experiential properties that are fundamentally necessary in the explanation of consciousness.
Example Sentences
Either materialism, dualism, neutral monism, or micropsychism provides the best explanation of consciousness.
According to Strawson, micropsychism is a position similar to property dualism insofar as it takes mentality to be a fundamental property of physical systems.
The resulting all-inclusive potential explanatory advantage of protophenomenalism over phenomenal micropsychism is offset by the liability that it proposes properties of which we currently have at best only a minimal conception.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mentalism, mindism, epiphenomenalism, panpsychism, mindist, psychism.
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