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Panpsychism's physics is identical to materialism's

A panpsychist's theory of what actually happens in the world need not differ at all from the materialist's; the benefit of the view is precisely that the theory of consciousness does not get in the way of physics—an exchange in which Carroll questions what panpsychism then adds, since both ontologies predict identical behavior.

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Speaker

Philip Goff

Evidence Quote

Right. Exactly, that's taken to be the benefit of the view, we don't want our theory of consciousness to get in the way of physics

Source

71 | Philip Goff on Consciousness EverywhereSean Carroll's Mindscape
Created: 6/13/2026, 12:10:44 AM

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