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Webster 1913 Edition
Hylopathism
Hy-lop′a-thism
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] matter + [GREEK], [GREEK], to suffer.]
The doctrine that matter is sentient.
Krauth-Fleming.
Definition 2024
hylopathism
hylopathism
English
Noun
hylopathism (uncountable)
- The doctrine that matter is sentient.
- 2014, Jon Mills, Underworlds
- It is certainly true that Whitehead's philosophy could be seen as a form of panexperientialism, in that all of reality is constituted as experience, and and perhaps even hylopathism, where all matter is viewed as being sentient (insofar as it experiences) and gives rise to higher-order subjective experiences […]
- 2014, Jon Mills, Underworlds