Sounds like a form of panpsychism[1]. You might also find some interesting stuff in Monism[2] and/or IIT[3]. If you're not already familiar with Douglas Hofsta

Sounds like a form of panpsychism[1]. You might also find some interesting stuff in Monism[2] and/or IIT[3]. If you're not already familiar with Douglas Hofstadter's works, you might also find GEB[4] and/or I Am A Strange Loop[5] to be of interest. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panpsychism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panpsychism [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monism [3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_information_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_information_theory [4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del,_Escher,_Bach https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del,_Escher,_Bach [5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_a_Strange_Loop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_a_Strange_Loop