21 - Élan Vital and Panpsychism

Is panpsychism the modern élan vital? Though many opponents of panpsychism have drawn the comparison, élan vital is a terrible analogy for consciousness and panpsychism. I’ve noticed that vitalism comes up frequently in discussions about consciousness. I think the lazy analogy that’s often drawn between the panpsychist and vitalist projects needs to be examined. Thomas Nagel - What is it like to be a bat? (https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~cavitch/pdf-library/Nagel_Bat.pdf) [PDF] Hylozoism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hylozoism) [Wikipedia] Transcripts at emersongreenblog.wordpress.com Rate the show on iTunes here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walden-pod/id1474408172) Support on Patreon here (https://www.patreon.com/waldenpod) or if you prefer to give a one-time donation, you can do so with Venmo (@emersongreenpodcast) Listen to our sister show Counter Apologetics here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/counter-apologetics/id1273573417?mt=2) Subscribe to CA and Walden Pod on YouTube here (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqBy2TfJbYXjqBL3cQOFUig) Contact me on Facebook (http://facebook.com/counterapologeticspodcast) or on Twitter @waldenpod