Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.52685/pihfb.50.1(99).2
Panpsychism and Cosmopsychism: the Place of Frane Petrić in Contemporary Discussions
Nino Kadić
orcid.org/0000-0002-6107-4244
; Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
This paper explores the relevance of Frane Petrić’s philosophy for contemporary debates in the philosophy of mind and metaphysics, with a special focus on panpsychism and cosmopsychism. These theories, which are gaining renewed attention in academic circles, regard consciousness as a ubiquitous property at the fundamental level of reality. Accordingly, the paper examines Petrić’s conception of the cosmos as a whole as fundamental, endowed with a soul or consciousness as such, and how individual beings inherit their consciousness from the cosmos. Petrić’s ideas are compared to contemporary arguments for panpsychism – in particular, his understanding of the soul is analysed in relation to recent views on intrinsic natures and the emergence of consciousness. Additionally, the paper investigates how Petrić’s philosophy relates to contemporary debates through his critique of Aristotle’s concept of the science of being qua being. Arguments are presented in favour of an original interpretation of Petrić’s philosophy. The main claim of the paper is that Petrić should more accurately be characterised as a cosmopsychist, despite introducing the term panpsychism. The paper employs a speculative interpretation of Petrić’s thought, abstracting from some (neo-)Platonic elements and modernising the language, with the aim of demonstrating how it can lead to new insights in the philosophy of mind and metaphysics and encourage further research.
Keywords
Frane Petrić; Nova de universis philosophia; panpsychism; cosmopsychism; consciousness
Hrčak ID:
318156
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Publication date:
18.6.2024.
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