[Advaita-l] A view that pushes back against a reductionist approach

[Raghav Kumar Dwivedula]

Namaste
A view called panpsychism that counters some of the purely materialist
reductionist arguments of many (but not all) scientists.

Such theories like panpsychism advance certain arguments and thought
experiments which are useful to counter objections to traditional Advaita
by pointing out fallacies and contradictions in the worldview of scientific
materialism.

The usual varieties of logical positivism and realism prevalent in many
scientific circles rejects any inner dimension or inside view of matter.
For them a human being is only a complex mechanistic device.  Their view is
broadly that, "well-confirmed scientific theories are approximately true;
the entities they postulate do actually exist; and that we have good reason
to believe their main tenets. Only that which can be measured has
existence. Qualitative experiences or qualia are dismissed as having any
reality"

Om



https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/does-consciousness-pervade-the-universe/