Analytic Panpsychism and the Metaphysics of Ramanuja's Viśitadvaita Vedanta

Publication Date

1-1-2022

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Monist

Volume

105

Issue

1

DOI

10.1093/monist/onab026

First Page

110

Last Page

130

Abstract

Analytic Panpsychism has been brought into contact with Indian philosophy primarily through an examination of the Advaita Vedanta tradition and the Yogacara tradition. In this work I explore the relation between Ramanuja, the 12th century father of the Viśiadvaita Vedanta tradition, and analytic panpsychism. I argue that Ramanuja's philosophy inspires a more world affirming form of cosmopsychism where there are different kinds of reality, rather than one fundamental reality of pure consciousness and an ordinary wrold that is illusory from the perspective of fundamental reality.

Department

Philosophy

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