The Paradox of Thought: A Proof of God’s Existence from the Hard Problem of Consciousness
This paper uses a paradox inherent in any solution to the Hard Problem of Consciousness to argue for God’s existence. The paper assumes we are “thought machines”, reading the state of a relevant physical medium and then outputting corresponding thoughts. However, the existence of such a thought mach...
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Marquette Univ. Press
[2017]
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Philosophy & theology
Year: 2017, Volume: 29, Issue: 1, Pages: 169-190 |
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Human being
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