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🧠The Real Physicalist: Why Galen Strawson Thinks Matter is Conscious
Over the last few weeks, we have navigated two very different maps of the mind: Daniel Dennett’s world, where consciousness is an evolutionary user-illusion, and David Chalmers’ Hard Problem, which suggests a universe split between physical facts and mental properties. However, as we move deeper into the mystery, we encounter a thinker who suggests that
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The Man Who Made Philosophy Hard Again: David Chalmers and the “Hard Problem”
The Morning After Dennett In my last post, we explored Daniel Dennett’s world—a world where we are complex biological robots. In Dennett’s view, consciousness is essentially a biological computer running a sophisticated program. When you smell coffee or feel a breeze, your brain is simply executing “sub-routines” of data collection, self-monitoring, and linguistic reporting. To
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🧠From Bacteria to Bach: Daniel Dennett’s Evolutionary Solution to the Mystery of Consciousness
We have been exploring Process Philosophy and its theological application, Process Theology (PT). In PT, there is a God who is responsible for the existence of everything, but in a way that is fundamentally different from what many traditional Christians believe. The Process God acts through persuasion, not coercion, serving as a co-creator whose influence