Cosmopsychism, Coherence, and World-Affirming Monism.

This paper explores cosmopsychism's explanatory aspirations from a programmatic perspective. The bulk of the text consists of an argument in favor of the conclusion that cosmopsychism suffers from no insurmountable  individuation  problem (IND). I argue that the widespread tendency to view IND as a mirror-image of micropsychism's combination problem (CP) is mistaken. In particular, what renders CP insolvable, namely, the commitment to the  coupling  of phenomenal constitution with phenomenal inclusion, is, from the standpoint of cosmopsychism, an entirely nonmandatory assumption. I proceed to show that  severing  this unhappy coupling is the key for defending cosmopsychism against the charge of theoretical incoherence. Moreover, I argue that successful defense against such accusation could be mounted regardless of whether or not we assume cosmic consciousness to be perspectival in nature. In addition, the paper touches upon another foundational issue: cautioning against the popular tendency to identify cosmopsychism's  monism  with a mereological unity-in-diversity, and motivating an alternative conception which I call  generative  monism. Finally, as befitting this volume, I pause to reflect upon the question of which schools of Hindu philosophy might tally best, and connect most fruitfully, with cosmopsychism as I understand it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]