I have to agree with Whateverist. At this point in time, the evidence we have strongly supports the notion that the brain is responsible for consciousness, even in the absence of a cohesive model.
While I am open to the idea of some other explanation for conciousness, it just seems a bit...I don't know...metaphysical and supernatural to suggest the it results from something other than biological processes. It has been argued ad nauseum here on the forums that there is zero evidence for ANYTHING that falls into the metaphysical or supernatural catagories.
As with the existence of a supreme being, I am open to the idea that there are possibilities I (and others) have yet to think of, but I tend to try to keep those things I believe without necessarily having a good reason, at least somewhat resasonable. In other words, if I don't have evidence, I try to conform a belief related to other known and related eveidence. In this case, the evidence is that the things we see in our physical world are the result of physical things. Hence, the mind is a product of the brain.
While I am open to the idea of some other explanation for conciousness, it just seems a bit...I don't know...metaphysical and supernatural to suggest the it results from something other than biological processes. It has been argued ad nauseum here on the forums that there is zero evidence for ANYTHING that falls into the metaphysical or supernatural catagories.
As with the existence of a supreme being, I am open to the idea that there are possibilities I (and others) have yet to think of, but I tend to try to keep those things I believe without necessarily having a good reason, at least somewhat resasonable. In other words, if I don't have evidence, I try to conform a belief related to other known and related eveidence. In this case, the evidence is that the things we see in our physical world are the result of physical things. Hence, the mind is a product of the brain.
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." -Einstein
