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    It is not the case that Therefore panpsychism introduces a category of fundamental facts that violates the supervenience base physicalism requires, making them incompatible.

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    • 1.Panpsychism can be formulated as physicalism about fundamental particles plus their intrinsic phenomenal properties, preserving supervenience.
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    • 2.The claim that phenomenal properties violate physicalism begs the question by assuming consciousness cannot be a fundamental physical property.
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    • 3.Supervenience requires only that higher-level facts depend on base facts; panpsychism satisfies this without adding non-physical fundamentals.
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    • 1.Physicalism requires all fundamental facts supervene on physical facts; panpsychism posits irreducible phenomenal facts at the base level.
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    • 2.If consciousness is fundamental and non-physical, no amount of physical facts alone can fully determine all facts about reality.
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    • 3.Supervenience base physicalism demands no fundamental properties beyond physical ones; panpsychism violates this core requirement.
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