
"Realistic Monism: Why Physicalism Entails Panpsychism"
Galen Strawson
Journal of Consciousness Studies
Vol. 13, no. 10-11
8/5/13
This is a classic article in panpsychism studies. This article discusses the following statements: a materialist holds that every concrete phenomenon is wholly physical or material and a realistic materialist is a full-fledged realist about consciousness. Therefore it follows that a realistic materialist must hold that consciousness is a wholly physical phenomenon, and that at least some arrangements of matter are conscious or constitute consciousness.