Consciousness and the Existence of God - Spiritual minds

Consciousness and the Existence of God

In Consciousness and the Existence of God, J.P. Moreland argues that the existence of finite, irreducible consciousness (or its regular, law-like correlation with physical states) provides evidence for the existence of God. Moreover, he analyzes and criticizes the top representative of rival approaches to explaining the origin of consciousness, including John Searle's contingent correlation, Timothy O'Connor's emergent necessitation, Colin McGinn's mysterian ``naturalism,'' David Skrbina's panpsychism and Philip Clayton's pluralistic emergentist monism. Moreland concludes that these approaches should be rejected in favor of what he calls ``the Argument from Consciousness.''

J.P. Moreland is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Biola University. He has published over 60 articles in journals that include Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, American Philosophical Quarterly, Australasian Journal of Philosophy and Metaphilosophy. He has authored, edited or contributed to thirty-five books including Universals (McGill-Queen's), Naturalism: A Critical Analysis (Routledge) and Does God Exist? (Prometheus).

Routledge Studies in the Philosophy of Religion

Peter Byrne, Marcel Sarot, and Mark Wynn

1 God and Goodness A natural theological perspective Mark Wynn

2 Divinity and Maximal Greatness Daniel Hill

3 Providence, Evil, and the Openness of God William Hasker

4 Consciousness and the Existence of God A theistic argument J.P. Moreland

Consciousness and the Existence of God

A theistic argument

J.P. Moreland

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