Panpsychism and the Religious Attitude

Defends panpsychism, the view that mentality is present in all natural bodies with unified and persisting organization. Human beings have thoughts, sensations, and feelings and think that at least some of this mental life is shared with domestic and wild animals. But, are there reduced degrees of mentality found in mosquitoes, bacteria, and even more primitive natural bodies? Panpsychists think so and have defended this belief throughout the history of philosophy, beginning with the ancient Gree