Tatsṛṣṭvā Tadevānuprāviśat : Toward an Advaita Vedantic Approach to Cosmopsychism
Philosophy East & West October 1, 2023 V. Hejjaji, A. Sadasivan, Padmakumar Pr 5 citations
Classical Advaita Vedanta offers a non-eliminativist view of the empirical world, treating it as real while grounding all consciousness in a universal consciousness (Brahman). This essay argues that macro-level consciousnesses are reflections of Brahman in individual intellects (buddhi), a position that distinguishes Advaita from other cosmopsychist theories. This reflection model provides an elegant solution to the decombination problem, addresses the explanatory gap between consciousness and matter, and accounts for mental causation.