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)
- 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, Adam & Charles Black (second edition), page 175:
- We have an embarrassing number of cosmic personalisms, or pampsychisms, to choose from.
- 1903 [Charles Schribner's Sons], Duncan Black MacDonald, Development of Muslim Theology, Jurisprudence, and Constitutional Theory, 2008, The Lawbook Exchange, page 251,
Related terms
- pampsychist