Sorry Fallen, it's one biiiig argument from ignorance, with muddied waters, followed by unsupported assertions of supernatural existence of & causes for consciousness.
Firstly, we must remember that there is only evidence (and plenty of it!) in support of the premise that consciousness is a function of brains. That's a major stumbling block for this piece as it means we're given no reason for considering an alternative causal paradigm in the first place. Since a physical explanation of consciousness has been so informative, and is increasingly so, there's no reason to assume that a different paradigm is necessary at all.
While it's true that neurology, studies of qualia etc. haven't yielded comprehensive answers to 'the big 3 questions' yet, they have yielded some answers and those answers have been powerful enough to tell us that we're on the right track. All that's needed is time, focussed effort and trust.
Firstly, we must remember that there is only evidence (and plenty of it!) in support of the premise that consciousness is a function of brains. That's a major stumbling block for this piece as it means we're given no reason for considering an alternative causal paradigm in the first place. Since a physical explanation of consciousness has been so informative, and is increasingly so, there's no reason to assume that a different paradigm is necessary at all.
While it's true that neurology, studies of qualia etc. haven't yielded comprehensive answers to 'the big 3 questions' yet, they have yielded some answers and those answers have been powerful enough to tell us that we're on the right track. All that's needed is time, focussed effort and trust.
Sum ergo sum
