Panpsychism is certainly an interesting idea but I wouldn't consider it a popularly held view.
replyThat's because Panpsychism is silly.
replyI don't think it's any more silly than the alternatives.
replyYou don't think it's sillier than "rocks don't have consciousness"?
replyPotential for consciousness. To have a working mind you need to have a way to gather, process and store information. In case of rocks it would be very empty, static, timeless experience.
replyIf I believe that machines or neural networks can develop consciousness, then I also believe in some kind of substrate independence which presupposes some kind of panpyschism imho because as you say things would have a potential for consciousness, some more and some less.
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