RE: The burden of proof relating to conciousness, free choice and rationality
February 25, 2012 at 3:20 am
(This post was last modified: February 25, 2012 at 3:31 am by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
Quote:This thread is relating to the need for an atheist explanation of free choice, and conciousness from a scientifically materialist perspective
"As an atheist" I need explain exactly nothing; I make no claims. Pretty sure the existence of consciousness has been pretty well defined by science,at least for my needs. However, the precise nature of conciousness has not been explained as far as I'm concerned. A monist, I have yet to see any credible evidence that consciousness exits other as a function of part of the living.Again, I make no claims so need explain nothing.
As a sceptic,I have some concerns about the existence of free will;again, no proof .
Quote:But here is where I see the problem, that if there are absolute scientific laws that govern the universe, ----
I'm unaware of science having made any such claims.
Quote:,--- then necessarily the universe will be predetermined from its inception at the big bang
Not sure that's true,but so what if it is? It changes nothing.
PS: I'm dying to know what you mean by 'spiritually scientific' and can't wait to see your empirical evidence.
