This volume, originally a special issue of the Journal of Consciousness
Studies, uses the recent writings of Philip Goff as a jumping-off point
for discussions of panpsychism -- the idea that consciousness is a
fundamental and pervasive aspect of our universe that cannot be
understood in other, more basic, terms. The contributors to this book
explore various issues of panpsychism from the perspectives of science,
philosophy, and theology. Some papers focus on further motivating and
developing the panpsychist position. Others explore various challenges
that the panpsychist faces. Collectively, they shed new and important
light not only on panpsychism, but on the fundamental question of the
place of consciousness in nature more generally.