Consciousness and the Existence of God
J.P. Moreland, a philosopher and Christian apologist, has written a new book with an intriguing title. Here’s a description of it:
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.’’
I am very interested in this topic, but do not have access to the book. Amazon is selling it at an exceedingly steep cost. Has anyone out there read it? I’d like to hear about it, if so. Or, if you know anything about Moreland, please chime in.
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I don’t, but one of my metaphysics professors from Loyola (Chicago)is a current contributor to these discussions. His name is Keith Yandell, and he could tell you more about Moreland, I’m sure. You can get his email through the Loyola PHIL dept – he’s extremely personable.
Comment by monica — November 25, 2008 @ 6:35 PM
Doh! David, not Keith (Keith is his father).
Comment by monica — November 25, 2008 @ 6:57 PM