Cosmopsychism is a philosophical idea that proposes the universe itself possesses some form of consciousness or mind. It suggests that consciousness isn’t just an emergent property of complex brains, but rather a fundamental feature of reality, inherent in the cosmos at its most basic level.

In essence, it’s the idea that the “mind” is not merely within us, but that we are, in some sense, within a larger, cosmic mind. This differs from panpsychism, which holds that all matter has some degree of consciousness, as cosmopsychism specifically focuses on the universe as a unified, conscious entity.