"In Panpsychism in the West, the first comprehensive study of the subject, David Skrbina argues for the importance of panpsychism - the theory that mind exists, in some form, in all living and nonliving things - in considerations of the nature of consciousness and mind." Skrbina argues that panpsychism is long overdue for detailed treatment, and with this book he proposes to add impetus to the discussion of panpsychism in serious philosophical inquiries. After a brief discussion of general issues surrounding philosophy of mind, he traces the panpsychist views of specific philosophers, from the ancient Greeks and the early Renaissance naturalist philosophers through the likes of William James, Josiah Royce, and Charles Sanders Peirce - always with a strong emphasis on the original texts.