Panentheistic Cosmopsychism: Swami Vivekananda’s Sāṃkhya-Vedāntic Solution to the Hard Problem of Consciousness
Panentheism and Panpsychism April 29, 2020 Ayon Maharaj 4 citations
Swami Vivekananda's metaphysical framework of panentheistic cosmopsychism holds that Divine Consciousness is the sole reality, manifesting as everything in the universe. This view combines elements from Sāṃkhya and Advaita Vedānta, along with the teachings of his guru Sri Ramakrishna. The chapter reconstructs Vivekananda's arguments for this position and contends that its distinctive features and potential philosophical advantages over rival theories of consciousness warrant serious consideration by contemporary philosophers of mind and religion.