Meanings
adjectivemacrophenomenal (not comparable)
- not comparableRelating to macroscale phenomena.
Phenomenal properties are properties characterizing what it is like to be a conscious subject. Microphenomenal properties are the phenomenal properties of microphysical entities. Macrophenomenal properties are the phenomenal properties of other entities, such as humans.
2017, David J. Chalmers, “The Combination Problem for Panpsychism”, in Godehard Brüntrup, Ludwig Jaskolla, editors, Panpsychism: Contemporary Perspectives, Oxford University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, →LCCN, Part III: Panpsychism and the Combination Problem, page 181
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*meh₂ḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*mh₂ḱrós
- Proto-Hellenic*makrós
- Ancient Greekμᾰκρός (măkrós)
- Frenchmacro-
- Englishmacro-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₂nyéti
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáňňō
- Ancient Greekφαίνω (phaínō)
- Ancient Greekφαινόμενον (phainómenon)
- Late Latinphaenomenon
- Englishphenomenon
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Ancient Greekφαινόμενον (phainómenon)
- Frenchphénomène
- Frenchphénoména
- Englishphenomenal
- Englishmacrophenomenal
From macro- + phenomenal.
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