A Working Draft Design Argument

[GrandizerII]

Could be that ultimately, the answer is contingent beings with consciousness. It could be argued that consciousness is a mark of advanced limitedness.

So are you trying to suggest that consciousness, conscious thoughts are not subject to determinism? Free of the shackles of such constraints?

That the reason why I contemplate x, isn’t caused by preceding factors?

Not necessarily, no.

You could accept hard determinism and still argue for the counterargument I stated in my previous post. The existence of consciousness may be contingent on prior factors that aren't conscious or aren't ultimately contingent on the conscious.