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Panpsychism is a philosophical view that consciousness, mind, or a mind-like quality is a fundamental and ubiquitous feature of reality. It suggests that everything, from the smallest subatomic particles to the largest galaxies, possesses some form of consciousness or proto-consciousness. This does not necessarily mean that a rock or a proton has thoughts or feelings in the way a human does, but rather that the basic constituents of the universe have an inner experiential aspect.

There are various forms of panpsychism. Some versions propose that consciousness is a fundamental property like mass or charge, existing at the most basic level of reality and combining to form more complex consciousnesses. Others suggest that consciousness is an emergent property that arises from the complex organization of matter, but that the capacity for consciousness is present in all matter. Panpsychism is often seen as an alternative to physicalism, which holds that only physical matter and its interactions are real, and to dualism, which posits a fundamental separation between mind and matter.

Proponents argue that panpsychism offers a potential solution to the hard problem of consciousness, which is the difficulty of explaining how subjective experience arises from purely physical processes. By asserting that consciousness is fundamental, panpsychism avoids the need to explain its origin from non-conscious matter. Critics, however, raise questions about how individual consciousnesses combine to form a unified experience, the nature of consciousness in simple entities, and the empirical testability of the theory. It remains a topic of ongoing debate and development within philosophy of mind and metaphysics.