(April 22, 2013 at 9:55 am)ChadWooters Wrote: To the best of our knowledge only creatures with physical brains have consciousness. That is not at issue. The point is this. The thesis that mental properties (mind) can be reduced to physical brain function is an unwarranted prejudice of atheism.
My alarm goes off when I see correlation used to justify a "nothing but" conclusion. Just because mind/consciousness has only been reported by creatures with brains is no reason to jump to the conclusion that mind processes are nothing but brain chemistry. Clearly all that brain chemistry is giving rise to all the subjective states we know and love. The mere fact that the brain's chemistry supports them doesn't nullify what we experience any more than knowing a painting is nothing more than chemicals applied with a brush by the mechanical motions of some painters arm nullifies any of the qualities we appreciate in the painting.
