pansensism

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UK/panˈsɛnsɪzm/

noun

The closely allied forms of panpsychism espoused by the Italian Renaissance philosophers Bernardino Telesio (1509–1588) and Tommaso Campanella (1568–1639), in which all things are capable of perception or sensation.

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Meanings

nounpansensism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe closely allied forms of panpsychism espoused by the Italian Renaissance philosophers Bernardino Telesio (1509–1588) and Tommaso Campanella (1568–1639), in which all things are capable of perception or sensation.

    A clarification is needed at this point concerning Campanella’s doctrine of universal sensation or pansensism, which has a close relationship to his doctrine of self-consciousness.

    1956, Franciscan Studies, XVI, page 58

Origin

First attested in 1956; formed as pan- + sense + -ism. Compare omnisensuality and panæsthetism.

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