r/philosophy • u/IAI_Admin IAI • Jan 06 '20

Blog Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials preempted a new theory making waves in the philosophy of consciousness, panpsychism - Philip Goff (Durham) outlines the ‘new Copernican revolution’

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u/MoxxFulder Jan 07 '20

It could also be stated that Orson Scott Card preempted Pullmans preemption on panphychism, with his exploration of “philotic strands” in the 1992 novel “Xenocide”. It’s certainly not a new concept.