@article {Skrbina:2003:1355-8250:4,
	author = "Skrbina D.",
	title = "Panpsychism as an Underlying Theme in Western Philosophy A Survey Paper",
	journal = "Journal of Consciousness Studies",
	volume = "10",
	year = "2003",
	abstract = "Panpsychism is the view that all things have a mind, or a mind-like quality. Contrary to the common view that panpsychism is a fringe or 'absurd' theory of mind, it in fact has a long and noble tradition within western philosophy. In the forms of animism and polytheism, panpsychism was the dominant view for most if not all of the pre-historical era. In the early years of western thought it was widely accepted though not often explicitly argued for. The emergence of Aristotelian philosophy and Christian theology subverted it for a number of centuries, but it made a comeback with early Renaissance naturalist philosophers of the sixteenth century. Though still a minority view, it grew steadily in support through the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, reaching a zenith in the late 1800s and early 1900s. With the advent of logical positivism and linguistic/analytic philosophy, panpsychism was once again driven down (along with most all metaphysical theories) to a relatively low status. In the past few years, however, panpsychism has once more become the topic of serious philosophical inquiry.",
	pages = "4-46(43)",
	url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/imp/jcs/2003/00000010/00000003/1333"
}