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sentience

sentience In this historical philosophical usage, sentience names a limiting or explanatory notion for one aspect of mind rather than a concrete account of consciousness.

In this historical philosophical usage, sentience names a limiting or explanatory notion for one aspect of mind rather than a concrete account of consciousness. In the source, it appears alongside terms like thought, spirit, and will as one way of marking what is left when mind is contrasted with purely mechanical explanations of nature.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Mind (in philosophy)” (Mind).
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